UID:
almafu_9961900685002883
Umfang:
1 online resource (92 pages)
Ausgabe:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781412984287 (ebook) :
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9781544304588
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1544304587
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9781412984287
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1412984289
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9781506318820
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1506318827
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9781452208015
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1452208018
Serie:
Qualitative Research Methods
Inhalt:
The extensively revised edition of the best-selling Focus Groups as Qualitative Research continues to provide an excellent guide for researchers across the disciplines. Reflecting the many changes that have occurred in the study of focus groups in recent years, the book begins with an updated introduction offering a discussion of current social science approaches to focus groups. Expanded coverage on the comparison of focus groups to individual interviews follows, and there is more material on the strengths and weaknesses of focus groups. The section on self-contained focus groups has also been expanded. Subsequent chapters have been revised to include examples from social scientists who have established their own practices and methodological research on focus groups. In conclusion, the author offers future directions and references that take into account the explosive growth of focus groups as a research tool for all social scientists.
Anmerkung:
Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Editors' Introduction -- Preface -- Half Title -- 1. Introduction -- Uses for Focus Groups -- Focus Groups in Historical Perspective -- Focus Groups and Group Interviews -- Overview of the Remainder of This Book -- 2. Focus Groups as a Qualitative Method -- Compared to Participant Observation -- Compared to Individual Interviews -- Strengths and Weaknesses -- Summing Up -- 3. The Uses of Focus Groups -- Self-Contained Focus Groups -- Linking Focus Groups and Individual Interviewing -- Linking Focus Groups and Participant Observation -- Linking Focus Groups and Surveys -- Linking Focus Groups and Experiments -- Summing Up -- 4. Planning and Research Design for Focus Groups -- Before Starting -- Overview of Focus Group Research Design -- Determining the Types of Participants -- Determining the Level of Group Structure -- Determining the Size of Groups -- Determining the Number of Groups -- Summing Up -- 5. Conducting and Analyzing Focus Groups -- Determining the Interview Content -- Moderating the Group -- Site Selection and Data Collection -- Analysis and Reporting -- Summing Up -- 6. Additional Possibilities -- Factors That Affect the Nature of the Discussion -- Effects of Group Composition -- Changes in Groups Over Time -- Changes Within Groups -- Summing Up -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- About the Author.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780761903420
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0761903429
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780761903437
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0761903437
Sprache:
Englisch
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