FOCUS GROUPS by George Kamberelis, Greg Dimitriadis ( 9781135069605 )

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FOCUS GROUPS
FROM STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS TO COLLECTIVE CONVERSATIONS

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ISBN 10:

1135069603

ISBN 13:

9781135069605

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

11 February, 2013

Pages:

120

Synopsis:

Focus Groups: From Structured Interviews to Collective Conversations is a conceptual and practical introduction to focus group. As the title indicates, focus groups traditionally encompass a wide range of discursive practices. These span from formal structured interviews with particular people assembled around clearly delimited topics to less formal, open-ended conversations with large and small groups that can unfold in myriad and unpredictable ways. Additionally, focus groups can and have served many overlapping purposes-from the pedagogical, to the political, to the traditionally empirical. In this book, focus groups are systematically explored; not as an extension or elaboration of interview work alone, but as its own specific research method with its own particular affordances. This book comprehensively explores:The nature of focus groupsPolitic and activist uses of focus groupsPractical ways to run a successful focus groupEffective analysis of focus group dataContemporary threats to focus groupsFocus Groups: From Structured Interviews to Collective Conversations is essential reading for qualitative researchers at every level, particularly those involved in education, nursing, social work, anthropology, and sociology disciplines.

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Routledge

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