Research Methods in Counseling

Research Designs in Counseling.
Independent and Dependent Variables and Covariates.
Moderator and Mediator Variables.
Internal and External Validity.
Structuring and Writing the Method Section for an APA Style Manuscript.
Levels of Measurement in Statistics (Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio).
Statistical Significance, Effect Size, Error.
Quantitative and Qualitative Research.
Testing the Null Hypothesis in Counseling Research.
Between-Subjects and Within-Subjects Designs in Counseling Research.
Writing a Literature Review in Counseling Research.
Descriptive and Inferential Statistics in Counseling Research.
Parametric and Nonparametric Statistical Tests.
Is the Hawthorne Effect a Myth?.
What is Misattribution of Arousal?.
What is the Dunning-Kruger Effect?.
Can Violence be Predicted with the Macdonald Triad? (Homocidal Triad).
Is Primal Therapy Effective?.
Bias in Research.
What is the Actual Probability that a Marriage Will End in Divorce?.
Is the Eye Movement Element of EMDR Effective?.
The Role of Science in Counseling.
What is the Placebo Effect?.
What is a Probability Value (p-value) in Inferential Statistics?.
Does Television Viewing Increase the Risk of Antisocial Personality Disorder?.
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)?.
What is the Schizophrenogenic Mother?.
What are Repressed Memories and are they real?.
What is Sublimation? (Freudian Defense Mechanism).
Epidemiology, Etiology, and Risk Factors in Mental Health.
Can Nonverbal Communication Reveal Deception?.
Is the 93% - 7% Rule of Nonverbal and Verbal Communication True?.
Do Subliminal Messages Affect Human Behavior?.
Do Lie Detectors (Polygraphs) Really Work?.