The Use of Time-Series Designs: Interaction between Skill Level and Application

The use of time-series designs and analyses in social science research has been extolled as the optimal theory building, evaluation, and practice. This article presents the knowledge necessary to employ various time-series designs and analyses at different levels of background, hypotheses, design, and analysis and examines the implications of the interaction between consumer skill level and application for impact on the consumer-statistical consultant relationship.     

Clients As Change Agents: What Color Could My Parachute Be?

Morrill and Forrest (1970) advocate an approach to career counseling (Type 4) that helps clients (a) understand career choice as a developmental process, (b) learn decision-making skills, and (c) become active change agents in their own lives. Referring to the Morrill and Forrest article as a benchmark statement about career counseling, Remer and O'Neill present a decision-making model that encompasses the tenets of Type 4 counseling. The model has 13 sequential steps; the authors indicate the role of the counselor and the objectives for the client at each. The article discusses the potential impact of this self-directed, decision-making model on career counseling. Specific counseling outcomes are discussed along with anecdotal evidence that supports the power of the model to create these outcomes.     

The Effects of Interpersonal Confrontation on Females

A three-component confrontation model was empirically tested with females. The results were consistently positive on all nine measures used with confronters of either gender.