Clinician's Guide to Research Methods in Family Therapy

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 Articles and Systematic Reviews

15. Apply I: Translating Research Findings into Clinical Practice

16. Apply II: Utilizing Couple and Family Therapy Research in Clinical Practice

17. Apply III: How to Talk to Clients about an Evidence-Based Approach

18. Analyze and Adjust: Evaluating Your Clinical Work

19. The Future of Evidence-Based Practice: Looking into the Crystal Ball

Appendix I. Evidence-Based Practice Pocket Guide (the Five A's)

Appendix II. Guide to Evaluating Research Studies

Appendix III. Evidence-Based Practice Resources

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