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Counseling and Educational Research: Evaluation and Application

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I am trying to figure out the best way to explain and review this book. On one hand it's a good book because it has lots of information in it, but on the other hand it's not designed well. I had to read this book for a class that I am taking this semester.

Here are the issues I have with it.

Chapter 3 Basics of Statistical Methods

He shoves way too much information that should be handled in maybe two or three extensive chapters into 19 pages (p23-42). It's almost like putting 100lbs of something into 5lbs bag, something is going to break or get lost. This condensed thickly worded mess, is hard to read, is hard to understand, and very difficult to follow. This book is supposed to be for people who haven't taken statistics nor is going to be a researcher. I had to purchase a couple of other books on basic statistics to make sense of this chapter.

The book although rich with information is in need of a design make over. There are some spots I felt that he dictated and it was transcribed and never edited. For instance there is a paragraph that was 36 or 37 lines long that could have easily been broken up into several paragraphs, which could be read easier and could clear up the meaning.

I don't think he had a *learner* read the book, nor did he *test* the book to see if it could be useful. If he did have someone review the book, then the person did a horrible job at review.

I found the glossary to be poorly design and very hard to read (at first you don't even know it's a glossary.)
Because it was so hard to get through, without other references, my book looks like a warzone and will not be able to sell it.

i thought this book an interesting and exciting book. i really liked this book because there are not many books that have this kind of information and i also thought that there was so much to learn in this book . there must have been alot of research on this book. i gave this book 5 stars because it covers all the topics you can ever think of. i found this book very useful and fun to read.