Understanding Research Concepts: A Guide For Counselors
Sponsored by the Central East Addiction Technology Transfer Center
With funding from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Designed for non-research addiction counselors, this 2-hour course provides the informed lay reader basic information about scientific research, the research process, and research concepts. The goals of this course are to increase the ability of non-research professionals to become more familiar with research concepts and to better understand research articles. The course reviews such issues as research terms and concepts, experimental designs, quasi-experimental designs, non-experimental designs, surveys and case studies, correlation, threats to internal and external validity, qualitative research, ethics and research, reading research, and statistical concepts.