Music therapy research / edited by Barbara L. Wheeler.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction: Overview of music therapy research / Barbara L. Wheeler -- Developments and issues in music therapy research / Jane Edwards -- Philosophy and theory of science / Even Ruud -- Principles of quantitative research / Carol Prickett -- Principles of qualitative research / Barbara L. Wheeler and Carolyn Kenny -- Funding music therapy research / Jane Edwards and Debra Burns -- Research topics and questions in music therapy / Kenneth E. Bruscia -- Developing a topic / Barbara L. Wheeler -- Reviewing the literature / Cheryl Dileo -- Designing quantitative research / Barbara L. Wheeler -- Designing qualitative research / Kenneth E. Bruscia -- Statistical methods of analysis / Anthony A. DeCuir -- Computer programs for quantitative data analysis / Anthony Meadows -- Data analysis in qualitative research / Kenneth E. Bruscia -- Software tools for music therapy qualitative research / James S. Musumeci, Joseph F. Fidelibus, and Suzanne N. Sorel -- Writing the quantitative research report / Michael G. McGuire -- Writing the qualitative research report / Kenneth Aigen -- Ethical precautions in music therapy research / Cheryl Dileo -- Evaluating quantitative music therapy research / Cathy McKinney -- Evaluating qualitative music therapy research / Brian Abrams -- Experimental research / Suzanne B. Hanser and Barbara L. Wheeler -- Survey research / Tony Wigram -- Meta-analysis / Cheryl Dileo and Joke Bradt -- Quantitative single case designs / Henk Smeijsters -- Applied behavior analysis / Suzanne B. Hanser.

Phenomenological inquiry / Michele Forinash and Denise Grocke -- Hermeneutic inquiry / Carolyn Kenny, Mechtild Jahn-Langenberg, and Joanne Loewy -- Naturalistic inquiry / Kenneth Aigen -- Grounded theory / Dorit Amir -- First-person research / Kenneth E. Bruscia -- Ethnography and ethnographically informed research / Brynjulf Stige -- Participatory action research / Brynjulf Stige -- Narrative inquiry / Carolyn Kenny -- Morphological research / Eckhard Weymann and Rosemarie Tüpker -- Qualitative case study research / Henk Smeijsters and Trygve Aasgaard -- Arts-based research / Diane Austin and Michele Forinash -- Personal construct psychology and the repertory grid technique / Brian Abrams and Anthony Meadows -- Approaches to researching music / Lars Ole Bonde -- Philosophical inquiry / Kenneth Aigen -- Developing theory / Kenneth E. Bruscia -- Historical research in music therapy / Alan L. Solomon.

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This greatly expanded second edition has 41 chapters by 33 authors from around the world. As the most definitive text on the subject, it details myriad research designs and methods, all according to the same outline.

English.

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