Focus group discussion is frequently used as a qualitative approach to gain an in‐depth
understanding of social issues. The method aims to obtain data from a purposely selected …

Over the past decade, focus groups and group interviews have reemerged as a popular
technique for gathering qualitative data, both among sociologists and across a wide range of …

Quais são as vantagens da triangulação metodológica? Apesar de ser consensual a
importância da combinação de técnicas quantitativas e qualitativas, ainda são raros os …

This book is a follow-up to the 1998 Global Journalist book edited by David Weaver and
published by Hampton Press. That original book included surveys of some 20,000 …

Powell et al define a focus group as a group of individuals selected and assembled by
researchers to discuss and comment on, from personal experience, the topic that is the …

This paper introduces and reviews the use of focus group methodology across the social
sciences, identifying three different research traditions within which it has been used. It …

This paper considers the contemporary use of focus groups as a method of data collection
within qualitative research settings. The authors draw upon their own experiences of using …

Addresses issues of English language anxiety in two settings: English as a second
language and mainstream classrooms. Reveals that interaction with Chicano students …

Interviews achieved through the strategy of focus groups are intended to record how a group
participants developed their reality and experience. Like any communication act always has …

Focus groups have an established history in applied research and evaluation. The
fundamental methods of the focus group technique have been well discussed, as have their …