Focus Groups as Qualitative Research

Precincts and Prospects in the Use of Focus Groups in Social and Behavioral Science Research

Over the past few years, the focus group method has assumed a very important role as a method for collecting qualitative data in social and behavioural science research. This article elucidates theoretical and practical problems and prospects associated with the use of focus groups as a qualitative research method in social and behavioural science research. The core uses of focus groups in soci...

Online focus groups and qualitative research in the social sciences: their merits and limitations in a study of housing and youth

This paper considers the use of online focus groups as a method for conducting qualitative research in the social sciences. Researchers have increasingly utilised online focus groups involving live, synchronous chat room interactions. However, to date there has been little insight and a lack of discussion as to the applicability of online focus groups in the social sciences. Reflecting on a stu...

Interpretive focus groups: a participatory method for interpreting and extending secondary analysis of qualitative data

BACKGROUND Participatory approaches to qualitative research practice constantly change in response to evolving research environments. Researchers are increasingly encouraged to undertake secondary analysis of qualitative data, despite epistemological and ethical challenges. Interpretive focus groups can be described as a more participative method for groups to analyse qualitative data. OBJECT...

Using focus groups in disability research.

Qualitative health service research has increasingly drawn on focus groups to inform health policy and intervention design. Focus groups provide opportunities to engage in the development and evaluation of health services for those service users who are often excluded from other forms of data collection. Increasingly, people with disabilities have been recognized as a marginalized group in heal...

Focus Groups as Qualitative Research PLANNING AND RESEARCH DESIGN FOR FOCUS GROUPS

Qualitative Research in the Transport Sector

ualitative survey methods are being used increasingly in research and policy studies to understand traveler perceptions, attitudes and behavior, as a complement to moreestablished quantitative surveys of public perceptions, attitudes and behavior. The aim of this paper and workshop is to review the use and potential use of qualitative research techniques in transport (particularly in relation t...