Making Research Relevant

Carrie A. Wachter Morris, PhD, is an associate professor of counselor education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and past president of the Association of Assessment and Research in Counseling. Kelly L. Wester, PhD, is a professor of counselor education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has taught graduate courses in research and provided workshops on research methodology.

1. Introduction Wachter Morris, Wester, Vaishnav, & Austin 2. Understanding Existing Literature Giordano 3. Research Ethics in Practice Wester, Wachter Morris, Austin, & Vaishnav 4. Evaluating and Designing Surveys McKibben 5. Case Study Downs 6. Using Single-Case Research Designs to Evaluate Outcomes Lenz & Callender 7. Using Correlational and Causal Comparative Research Designs in Practice: Exploring Relations Among Client Variables Umstead & Mayton 8. Quasi-Experimental Methods Barrio Minton 9. Randomized Controlled Trials Ray 10. Phenomenological Methodology: Merging Research and Practice Jorgensen & Brown-Rice 11. Photovoice Trepal & Cannon 12. Mixed-Methods Research He 13. Bringing it All Together: Effective Program Evaluation Walsh & Allison 14. Advocacy-Based Research Janke, Gonzalez, Carlone, & Vetter Index