Title:
Doing focus groups
Personal Author:
Series:
The SAGE qualitative research kit
Publication Information:
London : SAGE Publications, 2007
ISBN:
9780761949787
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Summary
Summary
Focus groups are an ever popular method for collecting qualitative data in the social sciences. Doing Focus Groups provides practical advice on planning and organizing successful groups. Rose Barbour discusses the advantages and limitations of using group discussion and demonstrates effective methods for collecting and analysing data.
Author Notes
Rosaline Barbour is Professor of Social Health Care in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Dundee
Table of Contents
| Introducing Focus Groups |
| Uses and Abuses of Focus Groups |
| Underpinnings of Focus Group Research |
| Research Design |
| Sampling |
| Practicalities of Planning and Running Focus Groups |
| Ethics and Engagement |
| Generating Data |
| Starting to Make Sense of Focus Group Data |
| Analytical Challenges in Focus Group Research |
| Realizing the Full Potential of Focus Groups |
