David L Morgan covers the wide range of practical tasks required in the course of a research project when using focus groups. Throughout, Planning Focus Groups emphasizes the clarifying purposes of the research project in order to collect data that meet the goals. The author extensively and concisely covers the basic decisions that are necessary to plan a research project using focus groups, such as who should be in the groups, the total number of groups, their size and much more. This volume also features a detailed discussion of personnel and budgets. Among the other topics covered are recruitment, selecting locations, and recording and managing data. Practical material includes checklists and recruitment tools.
How do you phrase them? What do you do with the information you've gathered? How do you put it all together in one cohesive report? These are but a few of the issues that are covered in The Focus Group Kit.
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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.
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This book is a guide is for school practitioners who want to know more about planning and conducting focus groups as an aid to decision-making.
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.
A concise, practical introduction to planning and organizing successful focus groups, exploring the advantages and limitations of this method.
Broad and international in scope, Advanced Focus Group Research introduces a conceptual framework that can help researchers make informed decisions about how to plan and implement a focus group research project.
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.
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