Developing Questions for Focus Groups

Developing Questions for Focus Groups
Author: David L. Morgan
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 130
Release: 1998
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780761908197

Volume 3 of this series describes a practical process for identifying powerful themes, & offers a clear strategy for translating these themes into questions. It also makes the process of developing good questions a practical proposition.

Developing Focus Group Research

Developing Focus Group Research
Author: Jenny Kitzinger
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1999-02-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780761955689

This book critically examines the potential of, and suggests ways forward in, harnessing a versatile and powerful method of research - focus groups. The book challenges some of the emerging orthodoxies and presents accessible, insightful and reflective discussions about the issues around focus group work. The contributors, an impressive group of experienced researchers from a range of disciplines and traditions, discuss different ways of designing, conducting and analyzing focus group research. They examine sampling strategies; the implications of combining focus groups with other methods; accessing views of `minority' groups; their contribution to participatory or feminist research; use of software packages; discourse anal

Focus Groups

Focus Groups
Author: Richard A. Krueger
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2000-04-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780761920717

`I read this book in a single sitting. It is written in an enthusiastic, helpful and clear style that held my attention, and made me want to read what came next. I shall read it again in a single sitting - probably more than once. For it offers common-sense advice about planning and running focus groups which I will want to revisit′ - British Journal of Education Technology The Third Edition of the `standard′ for learning how to conduct a focus group contains: a new chapter comparing and contrasting market research, academic, nonprofit and participatory approaches to focus group research; expanded descriptions on how to plan focus group studies and do the analysis, including step-by-step procedures; examples of questions that ask participants to do more than just discuss, and suggestions on how to answer questions about your focus group research.

Basic and Advanced Focus Groups

Basic and Advanced Focus Groups
Author: David L. Morgan
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2018-07-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1506327133

Basic and Advanced Focus Groups illustrates both the different types of focus groups and how to decide among those options in order to produce the most effective focus groups possible. A variety of approaches to doing research with focus groups gives readers the tools to develop and examine their research designs, starting with the basics. Advanced coverage in each chapter takes an in-depth look at topics such as moderating focus groups, using mixed methods, and working with different sizes of groups. By taking a practical, applied approach, the author gives even novice students the knowledge and confidence to design and conduct effective focus group research, while simultaneously providing more advanced researchers with the tools and knowledge to refine their current practices.

Focus Group Practice

Focus Group Practice
Author: Claudia Puchta
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2004-02-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780761966913

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Moderating Focus Groups

Moderating Focus Groups
Author: Richard A. Krueger
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 140
Release: 1998
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780761908210

Volume 4 of this series is indispensable for all wishing to improve their focus group moderating skills. This book provides an overview of critical skills needed by moderators, the skills moderators use, & strategies for handling difficult situations.

How to Ask Survey Questions

How to Ask Survey Questions
Author: Arlene Fink
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2003
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780761925798

Intended at helping readers prepare and use reliable and valid survey questions, this title shows readers how to: ask valid and reliable questions for the context; determine whether to use open or closed questions; and, choose the right type of measurement (categorical, nominal or ordinal) for responses to survey questions.

Planning Focus Groups

Planning Focus Groups
Author: David L. Morgan
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1998
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780761908173

Covers the range of practical tasks required in the course of a research project when using focus groups. This title emphasizes the clarifying purposes of the research project in order to collect data that meet the goals. It features a discussion of personnel and budgets.

The Focus Group Guidebook

The Focus Group Guidebook
Author: David L. Morgan
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1998
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780761908180

The Focus Group Guide book is part of the six-volume Focus Group Kit, which offers the information needed to conduct a state-of-the-art focus group, from the initial planning stages through to analysing and reporting the data.

Focus Group Interviews in Education and Psychology

Focus Group Interviews in Education and Psychology
Author: Sharon Vaughn
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 188
Release: 1996-01-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780803958937

In this book the authors describe the specific steps to take in order to conduct focus groups in education and psychological settings. The reader is shown how to prepare for a focus group, create a moderator's guide and analyse the results.