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Clinician's guide to research methods in family therapy : foundations of evidence-based practice /

A research methods text with a unique focus on evidence-based practice with couples and families, this book bridges the divide between research and clinical work. The text offers comprehensive, user-friendly coverage of measurement and design issues and basic qualitative and quantitative methods. Il...

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Main Authors: Williams, Lee, LMFT
Group Author: Patterson, JoEllen; Edwards, Todd M
Published: The Guilford Press,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 2018.
©2014
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Family psychotherapy > Methodology
Family psychotherapy > Research
Couples therapy
Summary: A research methods text with a unique focus on evidence-based practice with couples and families, this book bridges the divide between research and clinical work. The text offers comprehensive, user-friendly coverage of measurement and design issues and basic qualitative and quantitative methods. Illustrating research concepts with clinically relevant examples and sample studies, it teaches clear steps for evaluating different types of studies and identifying common threats to validity. Of special value to therapists, it provides a systematic framework for using research to guide the selecti
Carrier Form: xiv, 298 pages : illustrations, forms ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-288) and index.
ISBN: 9781462536061 (paperback) :
1462536069 (paperback)
Index Number: RC488
CLC: R749.055
Call Number: R749.055/W724
Contents: 1. Learning to Apply Research: Why Bother? -- I. Research Foundations. 2. Measurement -- 3. Internal Validity and Experiments -- 4. External Validity and Sampling -- 5. Survey Research -- 6. Qualitative Research -- 7. Miscellaneous Research Designs -- 8. Ethics and Values in Research -- 9. Descriptive Statistics -- 10. Inferential Bivariate Statistics -- 11. A Beginner's Guide to Multivariate Statistics -- II. Evidence-Based Practice. 12. What is an Evidence-Based Approach? -- 13. Ask and Acquire: Creating Questions and Conducting a Search -- 14. Appraise: Reading and Evaluating Research Art

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