Course # & Title: PYCL 507- Research and Evaluation for CounselorsCredit Hours: 3Location/Section: Tampa/TP3Dates: July 9, 10, 11, 2010July 30, 31, August 1, 2010Class Times: Friday: 6-10pmSaturdays: 9am-5pmSundays: 9am-5pmNova Southeastern University Center for Psychological Studies Course Outline Summer 2010 Course # & Title: PYCL 507- Research and Evaluation for Counselors Credit Hours: 3 Location/Section: Tampa/TP3 Dates: July 9, 10, 11, 2010 July 30, 31, August 1, 2010 Class Times: Friday: 6-10pm Saturdays: 9am-5pm Sundays: 9am-5pm Instructor: Michael D. Reiter, Ph.D. Phone: 262-7921 E-mail: [email protected] Office: 225 Parker Bldg. Required Texts: Cozby, C. P. (2009). Methods in behavioral research. (10th ed.). Boston: McGraw Hill. ISBN: 9780073370224 Berg, B. (2009). Qualitative research methods (7th ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. ISBN: 9780205628070 Online required materials: http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR3-1/heath.html http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR4-1/dye.html Course Description: This course seeks to prepare mental health and school counselors to be informed consumers of research and evaluation. It covers basic statistics, research designs, and program evaluation within the counseling and educational fields. It provides experience in developing accountability measures and in reading research and evaluating reports applicable to multicultural populations.Course Objectives: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: 1) Understands how to critically evaluate research relevant to the practice of counseling and knows models of program evaluation and basic strategies for evaluating counseling outcomes in distinct counseling settings. 2) Understand basic types of research methods, including quantitative, qualitative, single case designs, action research, program evaluation and outcome based research. 3) Knows current methods of using data to inform evidence based practice, decision making and accountability, and develops measurable outcomes for counseling programs, activities, interventions and experiences. 4) Understands the importance of research and demonstrates an ability to analyze and use data to increase effectiveness of counseling programs. 5) Understands ethical and culturally relevant strategies for interpreting and reporting the results of research and/or program evaluation studies. 6) Knows the principles, models, and applications of needs assessment, program evaluation, and the use of findings to effect program modifications. 7) Demonstrate knowledge of statistical concepts, including scales of measurement, measures of central tendency, indices of variability, shapes and types of distributions, and correlations. 8) Examine statistical methods used in conducting research and program evaluation. 9) Understand reliability (i.e., theory of measurement error, models of reliability, and the use of reliability information) and validity (i.e., evidence of validity, types of validity, and the relationship between reliability and validity). Calendar of Reading and Written Assignments: Class Topic Assignments July 9 Overview of Research Chs 1 & 2 (Cozby) Ethics Ch. 3 (Cozby & Berg) Studying Behavior & Measurement Chs. 4 & 5 (Cozby) July 10 Surveys Ch. 7 (Cozby) Experimental Design Chs. 8 & 9 (Cozby) Complex & Quasi-Experiments Chs. 10 & 11(Cozby) July 11th Correlation Ch. 12 (Cozby) Stats Chs. 13 & 14 (Cozby) Midterm Exam (Online via WebCT opens 5pm on July 11th and closes 11:50pm July 18th) Research Proposal Due July 25th via the Assignment Dropbox of WebCTJuly 30 Qualitative Research Ch. 6 (Cozby) Chs 1& 2 (Berg) Interviewing Chs. 4 & 5 (Berg) July 31 Ethnography & Action Research Chs. 6 & 7 (Berg) Unobtrusive Measures Chs. 8 & 9 (Berg) August 1 Case Studies & Content Analysis Chs. 10 &11 (Berg) Final Exam (Online via WebCT opens 5pm on August 1st and closes 11:50pm August 8th) Description of Written Assignments: Research Design Paper: Each student will be asked to design (the study should not be carried out) ONE study. You will need to do a quantitative paper. The paper describing the proposed study should be written in APA style and contain 1) an abstract, 2) an introduction (with at least ten reference citations), 3) a methods section, (in which the design is explained), 4) a results section in which mention is made of which statistical test would be used to analyze the data if data were collected (do not make up data), 5) a discussion section, 6) a reference section, and 7) informed consent form. The report should be at least 9 pages long, double-spaced, APA style (http://www.nova.edu/library/dils/lessons/apa/). There is no maximum amount of pages. Reference numbers are minimums (which are equivalent to average work). Please do not use websites. Only academic journals and books. For the quantitative proposal, this will need to be an EXPERIMENT. This means there should be at least one independent variable that you are manipulating and at least one dependent variable. Please do NOT do any survey or correlational studies. The paper should be pertinent to something in the counseling field. If you have questions about the design, please bring it up in class, on the WebCT discussion board or email or call/email me before the paper is turned in. To see examples of these proposals, please visit my website at www.nova.edu/~mdreiter Please note that these are only general guidelines of the depth and quality of the paper. Do NOT copy parts of these papers and just make minor alterations (that would be plagiarism). Further, these samples may not be true APA style (and they do not conform to the latest APA format). Please refer to the APA style manual as the true guide to appropriate style. As far as plagiarism, it will not be tolerated. I will be using turnitin.com to ensure that papers are original works. If you use someone else’s words, please use quotations marks to let the reader know which are your words and which are someone else’s. If you do not use someone else’s words, but do use their ideas, please ensure you are giving them due credit by putting a reference citation in the paper [i.e. Smith distinguishes four kinds of altruisism (Smith, 2004)].Turnitin.com: You