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This book critically examines the potential of, and suggests ways forward in, harnessing a versatile and powerful method of research - focus groups. The book challenges some of the emerging orthodoxies and presents accessible, insightful and reflective discussions about the issues around focus group work. The contributors, an impressive group of experienced researchers from a range of disciplines and traditions, discuss different ways of designing, conducting and analyzing focus group research. They examine sampling strategies; the implications of combining focus groups with other methods; accessing views of `minority' groups; their contribution to participatory or feminist research; use of software packages; discourse analysis; and the epistemological and political underpinnings of research.Product Identifiers
PublisherSage Publications Inc
ISBN-139780761955689
eBay Product ID (ePID)95570250
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameDeveloping Focus Group Research: Politics, Theory and Practice
Publication Year1998
TypeTextbook
AuthorRosaline S. Barbour, Jenny Kitzinger
Subject AreaSocial Research
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight370 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
EditorJenny Kitzinger, Rosaline S. Barbour