Research Methods in Counselling

Seeks to familiarize learners with research methodologies and techniques applied to the field of marriage and family therapy. Students will also learn basic concepts of descriptive statistics and the logic of statistical inference to enable them to read statistical research, to quantify and compare data, as well as become more intelligent consumers of research reports. The aim is to expose learners to a range of possible methodologies (qualitative and quantitative) and their attendant issues, so that more informed decisions can be made in research projects/endeavours. COUN majors only or by permission of program coordinator.