| Description |
xiii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: the challenge and promise of focus groups / Jenny Kitzinger and Rosaline S. Barbour -- 2. The impact of context on data / Judith Green and Laura Hart -- 3. Combining focus groups and interviews: telling how it is; telling how it feels / Lynn Michell -- 4. Are focus groups suitable for 'sensitive' topics? / Clare Farquhar and Rita Das -- 5. How useful are focus groups in feminist research? / Sue Wilkinson -- 6. Do focus groups facilitate meaningful participation in social research? / Rachel Baker and Rachel Hinton -- 7. How useful are focus groups for obtaining the views of minority groups? / Lai-Fong Chiu and Deborah Knight -- 8. Are focus groups an appropriate tool for studying organizational change? / Rosaline S. Barbour -- 9. Can focus groups access community views? / Claire Waterton and Brian Wynne -- 10. Some issues arising in the systematic analysis of focus group materials / Jane Frankland and Michael Bloor |
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11. The analytical potential of 'sensitive moments' in focus group discussions / Jenny Kitzinger and Clare Farquhar -- 12. Can focus groups be analysed as talk? / Greg Myers and Phil Macnaghten -- 13. Theorizing subjects and subject matter in focus group research / Sarah Cunningham-Burley, Anne Kerr and Stephen Pavis -- Afterword / Rosaline S. Barbour and Jenny Kitzinger |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [202]-217) and indexes |
| Subject |
Focus groups.
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Social sciences -- Research.
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Social sciences -- Methodology.
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| Author |
Barbour, Rosaline S.
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Kitzinger, Jenny.
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| LC no. |
98061656 |
| ISBN |
0761955674 |
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0761955682 (paperback) |
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