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Research methods in clinical psychology: An introduction for students and practitioners Chris Barker, Nancy Pistrang, an

Research methods in clinical psychology: An introduction for students and practitioners Chris Barker, Nancy Pistrang, and Robert Elliott. CHAPTER 3 Doing the groundwork. Groundwork stage. Formulating questions Political and organisational issues. Formulating the research questions.

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Research methods in clinical psychology: An introduction for students and practitioners Chris Barker, Nancy Pistrang, an

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  1. Research methods in clinical psychology:An introduction for students and practitionersChris Barker, Nancy Pistrang, and Robert Elliott CHAPTER 3 Doing the groundwork

  2. Groundwork stage • Formulating questions • Political and organisational issues

  3. Formulating the research questions • Choosing the topic • Research questions • Discovery-oriented (exploratory) • Hypothesis testing (confirmatory) • (Hypothetico-deductive model of science) • Classification of question types • Theoretical basis of research • Proposal

  4. Types of research question • Description • Descriptive-comparison • Correlation • Causality • Measurement

  5. The politics of research in clinical settings • Organisational issues • Opposition by clinical staff • rational reasons • research is threatening • Gaining trust • Ownership of data (and authorship)

  6. Structure of Introduction • General statement of problem area • Literature review • Summary of literature • main findings • methodological weaknesses • Description of present study • Research questions or hypotheses

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