ABSTRACT
This chapter provides the beginning researcher with a set of guidelines for how to actually set up and conduct a research study. It is based on the authors’ experience in conducting numerous research studies and program evaluations and in the senior author’s experience inworkingwithmany students onmasters theses and doctoral dissertations. The content of the chapter reflects what we have found to be the most troublesome phases of conducting a study, particularly from the perspective of a student faced with their first research project. We will use an example from an actual small-scale study conducted in an anxiety disorders clinic.
