A Framework for Conducting Critical Dialectical Pluralist Focus Group Discussions Using Mixed Research Techniques

Conducting focus group sessions.

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An Introduction to Focus Group Research

A focus group refers to a group of people who share some common characteristics. A researcher gathers these people in the group in order that they share their points of view and interact with each other over a specific issue. Focus group and Interview group are used interchangeably in the scientific literature and both refer to a method of collecting data in qualitative studies. Given the impor...

The influence of ethnic group composition on focus group discussions

BACKGROUND Focus groups are commonly used to explore participants' experiences in health and social care research. Although it is suggested that having demographically homogenous groups may help put participants at ease, the evidence is sparse.The aims of the paper are to: explore the impact of relative ethnic homogeneity and heterogeneity of focus group participants on the group discussions; i...

Guidelines on conducting a critical research evaluation.

Conducting Virtual Facilitated Discussions

Virtual technology is now routinely used for meetings of large, multi-location organizations (Vandenburg and Reese, 2011), and shows great promise for bringing together geographically dispersed participants in facilitated discussions, as long as participants are familiar with the technology and comfortable using it. In most instances, it makes sense to conduct facilitated sessions in a face-to-...