Journal articles: 'Focus group data'

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Duggleby, Wendy. "What About Focus Group Interaction Data?" Qualitative Health Research 15, no. 6 (July 2005): 832–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732304273916.

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Bertrand, Jane T., Judith E. Brown, and Victoria M. Ward. "Techniques for Analyzing Focus Group Data." Evaluation Review 16, no. 2 (April 1992): 198–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0193841x9201600206.

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Rabiee, Fatemeh. "Focus-group interview and data analysis." Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 63, no. 4 (November 2004): 655–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/pns2004399.

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In recent years focus-group interviews, as a means of qualitative data collection, have gained popularity amongst professionals within the health and social care arena. Despite this popularity, analysing qualitative data, particularly focus-group interviews, poses a challenge to most practitioner researchers. The present paper responds to the needs expressed by public health nutritionists, community dietitians and health development specialists following two training sessions organised collaboratively by the Health Development Agency, the Nutrition Society and the British Dietetic Association in 2003. The focus of the present paper is on the concepts and application of framework analysis, especially the use of Krueger's framework. It provides some practical steps for the analysis of individual data, as well as focus-group data using examples from the author's own research, in such a way as to assist the newcomer to qualitative research to engage with the methodology. Thus, it complements the papers by Draper (2004) and Fade (2004) that discuss in detail the complementary role of qualitative data in researching human behaviours, feelings and attitudes. Draper (2004) has provided theoretical and philosophical bases for qualitative data analysis. Fade (2004) has described interpretative phenomenology analysis as a method of analysing individual interview data. The present paper, using framework analysis concentrating on focus-group interviews, provides another approach to qualitative data analysis.

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Rothwell, Erin. "Analyzing Focus Group Data: Content and Interaction." Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing 15, no. 2 (April 2010): 176–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6155.2010.00237.x.

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Beyea, Suzanne C., and Leslie H. Nicoll. "Collecting, analyzing, and interpreting focus group data." AORN Journal 71, no. 6 (June 2000): 1278–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0001-2092(06)61446-4.

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Duggleby, Wendy. "Methodological issues in focus group data analysis." Nursing and Health Sciences 6, no. 2 (June 2004): 161. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-2018.2004.187_2.x.

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Walters, Rosie. "Reading Focus Group Data Against the Grain." International Journal of Qualitative Methods 22 (January 9, 2023): 160940692211469. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/16094069221146991.

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This article explores how reading focus group data ‘against the grain’ offers new insights into publics’, and especially marginalised groups’, negotiation of dominant discourses. Using data from a study with members of the UN Foundation’s Girl Up campaign in the UK, US and Malawi, I demonstrate that reading against the grain both across and within groups enabled me to explore the girls’ complex negotiations of girl power discourses in international development. I argue that reading focus group data against the grain involves paying attention both to wider social power relations, as is crucial to a poststructuralist discourse analysis, and to interactions between group members, a form of analysis more commonly associated with Conversation Analysis. This methodological strategy enabled me to explore the topic of girl power discourses in international development from a new perspective, moving beyond the abundance of critiques in the literature of dominant discourses emerging from powerful institutions. By focusing on the girls’ instances of resistance to, and critical engagement with, dominant discourses, I suggest that reading focus group data against the grain opens up the possibility of a rich new area of research for scholars and practitioners alike: one which goes beyond simplistic victim/agency binaries and explores the complexities of audiences’ readings of texts.

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Smith, Felicity. "Analysis of data from focus groups: Group interaction - the added dimension." International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 7, no. 3 (September 1999): 192–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2042-7174.1999.tb00968.x.

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Winship, Gary, and Julie Repper. "Focus Group Research." Group Analysis 40, no. 1 (March 2007): 125–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0533316407076126.

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This article considers the philosophical underpinnings that have shadowed the emergence of focus group methods as a counterpoise to positivist research design. Examples of the application of focus group methods are drawn from two studies where the voices of marginalized groups were facilitated: 1) focus groups with patients diagnosed with personality disorder; and 2) focus groups with gypsy travellers. In both groups there were varying degrees of coherence in communication although particular attention here is paid to the role of dissonance and `negative dialectics' in the formation of opinion. Data generation in focus groups is considered in relation to group size, structure and clinical techniques.

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Kruse, Sharon. "Student Voices: A Report from Focus Group Data." NASSP Bulletin 84, no. 617 (September 2000): 77–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/019263650008461711.

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McLafferty, Isabella. "Focus group interviews as a data collecting strategy." Journal of Advanced Nursing 48, no. 2 (October 2004): 187–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03186.x.

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Halkier, Bente. "Focus groups as social enactments: integrating interaction and content in the analysis of focus group data." Qualitative Research 10, no. 1 (February 2010): 71–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468794109348683.

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Ho, Debbie G. E. "The focus group interview." Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 29, no. 1 (January 1, 2006): 5.1–5.19. http://dx.doi.org/10.2104/aral0605.

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This paper explores the possibility of expanding the focus group interview into the field of English as a Second Language (ESL), where this research methodology is yet to be thoroughly explored. Specifically, it aims to challenge popular criticisms about the reliability and validity of the focus group as a qualitative research methodology. It does this by first setting up a list of five main criticisms of the focus group interview drawn from current literature on research methodology within the social sciences and education. Based on transcripts of interactional data gathered from focus group interviews carried out among ESL students in a formal ESL context, it then provides a direct and detailed response to each criticism. The arguments put forward demonstrate that the focus group interview, as a method of data collection, may be particularly relevant in gathering the viewpoints and opinions of participants who have traditionally not been well represented through the more conventional and common methods currently employed in ESL research studies. Furthermore, the paper raises conscious awareness about the potential of the focus group as a viable and verifiable tool in qualitative research methodology.

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Ho, Debbie G. E. "The Focus Group Interview." Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 29, no. 1 (2006): 5.1–5.19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/aral.29.1.03ho.

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This paper explores the possibility of expanding the focus group interview into the field of English as a Second Language (ESL), where this research methodology is yet to be thoroughly explored. Specifically, it aims to challenge popular criticisms about the reliability and validity of the focus group as a qualitative research methodology. It does this by first setting up a list of five main criticisms of the focus group interview drawn from current literature on research methodology within the social sciences and education. Based on transcripts of interactional data gathered from focus group interviews carried out among ESL students in a formal ESL context, it then provides a direct and detailed response to each criticism. The arguments put forward demonstrate that the focus group interview, as a method of data collection, may be particularly relevant in gathering the viewpoints and opinions of participants who have traditionally not been well represented through the more conventional and common methods currently employed in ESL research studies. Furthermore, the paper raises conscious awareness about the potential of the focus group as a viable and verifiable tool in qualitative research methodology.

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Palmer, Michelle, Michael Larkin, Richard de Visser, and Gráinne Fadden. "Developing an Interpretative Phenomenological Approach to Focus Group Data." Qualitative Research in Psychology 7, no. 2 (May 24, 2010): 99–121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14780880802513194.

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Carey, Martha Ann. "Comment: Concerns in the Analysis of Focus Group Data." Qualitative Health Research 5, no. 4 (November 1995): 487–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/104973239500500409.

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Murdoch, Jamie, Fiona Poland, and Charlotte Salter. "Analyzing Interactional Contexts in a Data-Sharing Focus Group." Qualitative Health Research 20, no. 5 (February 12, 2010): 582–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732310361612.

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Coggan, Carolyn, Pam Patterson, and Jacqui Fill. "Suicide: Qualitative data from focus group interviews with youth." Social Science & Medicine 45, no. 10 (November 1997): 1563–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0277-9536(97)00098-1.

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Allen, Theodore T., and Kristen M. Maybin. "Using focus group data to set new product prices." Journal of Product & Brand Management 13, no. 1 (January 2004): 15–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/10610420410523812.

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Cordell, Ashlee, Christa Wilk, Silvia Orsulic-Jeras, Sara Powers, Farida Ejaz, and Lisbeth Sanders. "The Focus Group Must Go On: Lessons Learned from Conducting Virtual Focus Groups." Innovation in Aging 5, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2021): 837–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.3067.

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Abstract The Covid-19 pandemic has presented a multitude of challenges in conducting research with human subjects. In response, researchers have found creative ways to complete these studies using alternative methods that incorporate social distancing. Fortunately, numerous technologies exist today that allow individuals to connect with one another over short and long distances. The current study describes the development of LifeBio Memory: an app-based product that utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve an existing life story intervention designed for persons living with dementia (PWD). Seven focus groups (n=35), originally planned in-person, were successfully converted to a virtual setting. Groups were hosted using a Zoom platform, lasted 75-90 minutes (Mean = 85; SD = 5.3), and consisted of participants from 14 different states: One group of community-dwelling PWDs with early-stage dementia (n=5); two groups of current and former users of the original LifeBio program (n=12); and four groups of residential care staff and directors (n=18). Virtual focus group delivery was determined to be an acceptable and feasible alternative to traditional in-person formats. Topics discussed in this poster will include: 1) recruitment procedures, 2) screening protocols, 3) methods for sharing materials, 4) guidance for providing technology support, and 5) communication strategies to increase retention. Further discussion will focus on challenges faced when collecting data in a virtual setting, tips for successful facilitation, advantages to using virtual alternatives, and other lessons learned from the virtual field.

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Wallace, Rebecca, Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant, and Amanda Bittner. "Harnessing Technologies in Focus Group Research." Canadian Journal of Political Science 54, no. 2 (April 30, 2021): 335–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0008423921000226.

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AbstractFocus group research is a useful methodology within and beyond the field of political science, as a source of core or supplementary data. The focus group literature is rich and full of guidance, but advice on using digital tools in certain stages of focus group research is relatively scarce. Aiming to fill those gaps, this article draws on experience with two projects in order to outline how researchers can harness technologies for focus group recruitment and data analysis. While traditional recruitment and data analysis techniques are useful, we identify advantages of technology-assisted approaches, particularly for focus group research with marginalized communities. Geared to both new and existing focus group users, the article identifies fruitful ways to harness a wider range of technologies for conducting focus group research while maintaining consistency with established principles and practices.

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Cohen, Sally M., Michael D. Gravelle, Karen S. Wilson, and Ann M. Bisantz. "Analysis of Interview and Focus Group Data for Characterizing Environments." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 40, no. 19 (October 1996): 957–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193129604001901.

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This paper describes a novel use of interview and focus group data to generate and substantiate hypotheses about a complex environment. In addition, it shows how MacSHAPA, a tool developed for analyzing sequential data, is a useful tool for analyzing these data. Although interviews and focus groups have been used extensively in social science and marketing, there are few examples documenting the use of these techniques in user-centered design. Furthermore, MacSHAPA has not been used to perform content analysis on interview and focus group data. In this paper, interviews and focus groups were collected as part of a larger study to understand human factors issues in quick service restaurant chains. These data were analyzed using MacSHAPA to perform content analysis. The results generated hypotheses that were validated by other data collection activities, and substantiated hypotheses that were derived by other analyses. The shortcomings and tradeoffs of using this analysis method for a human factors investigation are discussed.

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Flynn, Rachel, Lauren Albrecht, and Shannon D. Scott. "Two Approaches to Focus Group Data Collection for Qualitative Health Research." International Journal of Qualitative Methods 17, no. 1 (January 17, 2018): 160940691775078. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1609406917750781.

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This article discusses four challenges to conducting qualitative focus groups: (1) maximizing research budgets through innovative methodological approaches, (2) recruiting health-care professionals for qualitative health research, (3) conducting focus groups with health-care professionals across geographically dispersed areas, and (4) taking into consideration data richness when using different focus group data collection methods. In light of these challenges, we propose two alternative approaches for collecting focus group data: (a) extended period of quantitative data collection that facilitated relationship building in the sites prior to qualitative focus groups and (b) focus groups by videoconference. We share our experiences on employing both of these approaches in two national research programs.

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Jackson Foster, Lovie J., Linda Deafenbaugh, and Elizabeth Miller. "Group metaphor map making: Application to integrated arts-based focus groups." Qualitative Social Work 17, no. 2 (September 27, 2016): 305–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1473325016667475.

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Arts-based research methods offer social scientists a rich collection of techniques for engaging participants often excluded from more traditional forms of research. The methods, which include techniques such as drawing, poetry, photography, painting, and dance, aid participants in accessing and communicating the deep, perhaps unconscious meaning of their experiences. While these outcomes are ideal for contextualizing experiences, greater guidance on the use of arts-based research methods is needed. Although the arts can be used alone in the elicitation of data, they can also be used in integrative ways—combined with methods such as narrative interviewing. Social scientists utilize arts-based methods in data gathering, analysis, and presentation. This article describes the implementation of arts-based focus groups with African American and White adolescents as they collectively drew metaphor maps exploring positive and negative community factors affecting their emotional health and stress. Using a series of guided steps, youth collaborated in drawing, collectively discussed, and individually ranked the factors they feel most affect their emotional well-being, to contextualize their maps. We present the data collection method and computer-assisted transcription process utilizing NVivo software. We share the youth’s perspectives of the group metaphor map making process and outcomes as evidence of its value. The method addresses key challenges to engaging diverse underrepresented groups in research, makes accessible information not discussed in typical focus groups, and uses aesthetic ways of knowing to raise awareness of youth’s lived experiences. Limitations and considerations for replicating the metaphor map method are also discussed.

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Vogl, Susanne. "Integrating and Consolidating Data in Mixed Methods Data Analysis: Examples From Focus Group Data With Children." Journal of Mixed Methods Research 13, no. 4 (August 31, 2018): 536–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1558689818796364.

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The challenge in data analysis often lies in accounting for the multidimensionality and complexity of the data while simultaneously discovering patterns. Integrating and consolidating different types of data during analysis can broaden the perspective and permit obtaining complementary views. This methodological research study on data collection illustrates how one type of data collection generates different types of data, which can be linked and consolidated to reach a better understanding of the topic. Procedures and practicalities are illustrated to offer a good practice example for data integration and consolidation. With the methodological reflection of research practice, I evaluate the consequences for the field of mixed methods research, in which the practicalities of an integrated mixed analysis still need to be elaborated.

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Kinalski, Daniela Dal Forno, Cristiane Cardoso de Paula, Stela Maris de Mello Padoin, Eliane Tatsch Neves, Raquel Einloft Kleinubing, and Laura Ferreira Cortes. "Focus group on qualitative research: experience report." Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem 70, no. 2 (April 2017): 424–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0091.

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ABSTRACT Objective: to report the experience of applying the focus group technique for production of data in qualitative research. Method: four group sessions were held from May to June 2015, with the participation of professionals from the public sector of PHC and from specialized service. Results: the way focus group was developed is described in steps: planning, recruitment, ambience, group sessions, and evaluation. Conclusion: we highlight that the focus group, as a technique to produce data in collective space, can contribute not only to the construction of knowledge in Nursing, but also to the research approach with the assistance practice.

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Sim, Julius. "Collecting and analysing qualitative data: issues raised by the focus group." Journal of Advanced Nursing 28, no. 2 (August 1998): 345–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00692.x.

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McConnell, Edwina A. "Collecting and Analysing Qualitative Data: Issues Raised by the Focus Group." AORN Journal 68, no. 5 (November 1998): 880. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0001-2092(06)62388-0.

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Stewart, Beth, Diane Olson, Cynthia Goody, Ann Tinsley, Rosalie Amos, Nancy Betts, Constance Georgiou, Sharon Hoerr, Rao Ivaturi, and Jane Voichick. "Converting focus group data on food choices into a quantitative instrument." Journal of Nutrition Education 26, no. 1 (January 1994): 34–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0022-3182(12)80832-6.

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Greenwood, Melanie, Tina Kendrick, Hugh Davies, and Fenella J. Gill. "Hearing voices: Comparing two methods for analysis of focus group data." Applied Nursing Research 35 (June 2017): 90–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2017.02.024.

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Jug, Tjaša, and Polona Vilar. "Focus group interview through storytelling." Journal of Documentation 71, no. 6 (October 12, 2015): 1300–1316. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jd-01-2015-0008.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an adapted form of a qualitative research method, focus group interview, for use with small children and demonstrate its use in a small-scale study. Researchers often avoid direct study of children, and study them indirectly by asking adults. This was frequent before 1990s, but today, researchers increasingly discuss research with children rather than on children. Nevertheless, in research with young children it is not possible to use all research methods, therefore the authors modified and tested one. The additional research objectives, besides verification of methodology, were to determine the pre-school children’s attitudes to books, book-related places, reading. Design/methodology/approach – The adaptation of the focus group interview involved merging the content questions of the research with a story and using a toy as the storyteller. This resembled storytelling and enabled the children to directly participate by talking to the animation toy instead of the researcher. The authors tested the method on a purposive sample of 13 pre-school children aged four and five in one public kindergarten. Findings – Despite of the belief of some experts, who claim that focus group interview is not an appropriate method to explore habits or opinions of children, the authors found that adaptation of this method for the use with small children by means of storytelling and toy animation brings positive results because it enabled gathering data directly from the children. The content results show positive attitudes towards books and reading, differences in reading interests between boys and girls, daily exposure to books and reading, both in kindergarten and at home, and quite good knowledge of book-related places, especially libraries, somewhat less bookstores. Research limitations/implications – Since this is only the first attempt to use this adapted methodological approach, it is necessary that the method is tested on different user groups and in different circumstances to further validate its suitability for this user group. Regarding the content of the study, the results cannot be generalized due to non-probability purposive sampling. Originality/value – This is the first attempt to use the adapted methodological approach for researching young children. The research may serve as a beginning and incentive for further research in this area, since only high-quality results provide good modifications and adaptations of educational programmes and activities to ensure proper development of children’s reading competences and attitudes to books and reading.

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Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J., Wendy B. Dickinson, Nancy L. Leech, and Annmarie G. Zoran. "A Qualitative Framework for Collecting and Analyzing Data in Focus Group Research." International Journal of Qualitative Methods 8, no. 3 (September 2009): 1–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/160940690900800301.

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Despite the abundance of published material on conducting focus groups, scant specific information exists on how to analyze focus group data in social science research. Thus, the authors provide a new qualitative framework for collecting and analyzing focus group data. First, they identify types of data that can be collected during focus groups. Second, they identify the qualitative data analysis techniques best suited for analyzing these data. Third, they introduce what they term as a micro-interlocutor analysis, wherein meticulous information about which participant responds to each question, the order in which each participant responds, response characteristics, the nonverbal communication used, and the like is collected, analyzed, and interpreted. They conceptualize how conversation analysis offers great potential for analyzing focus group data. They believe that their framework goes far beyond analyzing only the verbal communication of focus group participants, thereby increasing the rigor of focus group analyses in social science research.

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Jung, Hanbyul. "Focus group interaction in evaluation research." Applied Linguistics Review 9, no. 4 (October 25, 2018): 563–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2017-0023.

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AbstractAs multiparty activities focus groups afford participants opportunities to interact with each other rather than only with the moderator. The methodological literature recommends focus groups for data generation precisely for these structural affordances, but few studies examine how the interaction in ongoing focus groups evolves. Consequently it remains largely obscure how focus groups produce disciplinary knowledge. Addressing this gap from the perspective of conversation analysis, the study examines focus group interaction as the participants’ joint accomplishment, with particular attention to the interactional practices that exhibit the participants’ orientation to the institutional activity and its agenda. The focus groups were conducted as part of a program evaluation study with Korean teachers of English who participated in a study-abroad teacher development program in the U.S. The analysis reveals how the participants contingently initiate activity and topic shifts in keeping with the institutional purpose and invoke their collective identity as an epistemic community as they jointly construct responses to the moderator’s questions. The conversation-analytic lens reveals how the focus groups generate profound, nuanced, and grounded knowledge about the program under evaluation from the perspective of the key stakeholders and by implication about the topical concerns for which the focus groups were conducted in the first place.

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Кузнецов, В. Н., О. А. Харькова, К. К. Холматова, and А. М. Гржибовский. "Focus group discussion as a method of data collection in qualitative studies." Психическое здоровье, no. 1() (March 13, 2018): 3–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.25557/2074-014x.2018.01.3-7.

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Настоящая публикация представляет фокус-группу как метод сбора данных в качественных исследованиях. Рассматриваются определение фокус-группы, предмет изучения, рекрутирование участников исследования, медиатор и его роль в дискуссии, отличие индивидуального интервью от фокус-группы, а также преимущества и недостатки фокус-группы. This article presents a focus group discussion as a method of data collection in qualitative research. The definition of the focus group discussion, object of the study, recruitment of research participants, mediator and his/her role during data collection, differences between individual interview and focus group discussion, and advantages and disadvantages are discussed.

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Afiyanti, Yati. "Focus Group Discussion (Diskusi Kelompok Terfokus) sebagai Metode Pengumpulan Data Penelitian Kualitatif." Jurnal Keperawatan Indonesia 12, no. 1 (March 24, 2008): 58–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.7454/jki.v12i1.201.

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AbstrakMetode Focus Group Discussion (FGD) merupakan pendekatan yang umum digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data/informasi pada penelitian kualitatif, tidak terkecuali penelitian keperawatan yang saat ini semakin populer menggunakan metode FGD sebagai metode pengumpulan data. Metode ini memiliki karakteristik utama yaitu menggunakan data interaksi yang dihasilkan dari diskusi diantara para partisipannya. Kekuatan utama metode FGD terbukti dapat memberikan data yang lebih mendalam, lebih informatif, dan lebih bernilai dibanding metode lainnya. Namun, pelaksanaan yang optimal dari metode ini masih menjadi perdebatan yang dilaporkan pada banyak literatur dan konsensus metode FGD sebagai metode yang ideal untuk pengumpulan data belum disepakati oleh banyak ahli penelitian. AbstractFocus Group Discussions (FGD) method is a common approach for data collection in qualitative research projects, without exception in nursing research in recent years. The primary characteristic of this method is to use interaction data resulting from discussion among participants. The primary strength of the FGD method is that it can provide rich data, more informative, and valuable insight which can not be discovered through other methods. However, the optimal execution of the FGD method has been debated in the literatures, and consensus related to ideal methodology has not been achieved by researchers.

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Sallam, Sunny, Deborah Glik, Aida Sherif, Ahmed Mandil, Mohamed Selim, Ashry Gad, and Osman Galal. "Sociocultural Considerations in Schistosomiasis Control: Focus Group Data from 3 Egyptian Villages." International Quarterly of Community Health Education 17, no. 2 (July 1997): 147–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/uyg0-qtqf-9xq7-aa75.

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Transmission, control, and prevention of schistosomiasis are linked with a range of individual and collective human behaviors, perceptions, and social and environmental conditions. The objective of this study was to describe the social and cultural factors related to schistosomiasis transmission in three Egyptian villages where prevalence rates of diseases are high. Data reported are based on focus group interviews collected among children and adults. Topics discussed were knowledge about disease, transmission behaviors (risky behaviors), risk perceptions, prevention behaviors (response to risk), symptoms, treatment behaviors, treatment satisfaction, knowledge of prevention, source of information, and more general concerns and grievances. Both adults and children were concerned about schistosomiasis, and were knowledgeable about disease symptoms, transmission, control, and risky behaviors such as swimming in canals or polluting their banks. The adults were concerned with lack of collective solutions such as limited piped water supply, little sewage control, and governmental responsibility to solve village health problems. Findings support the notion that schistosomiasis transmission and control must be understood as sustained by environmental conditions and patterned sets of behaviors that are culturally embedded, their alteration a key to changing schistosomiasis' long history and widespread prevalence in Egypt.

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Hoppe, Marilyn J., Elizabeth A. Wells, Anthony Wilsdon, Mary R. Gillmore, and Diane M. Morrison. "Children's Knowledge and Beliefs about AIDS: Qualitative Data from Focus Group Interviews." Health Education Quarterly 21, no. 1 (April 1994): 117–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/109019819402100111.

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Dietz, William. "Focus Group Data Pertinent to the Prevention of Obesity in African Americans." American Journal of the Medical Sciences 322, no. 5 (November 2001): 275–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00000441-200111000-00008.

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O'connor, Caroline, and Siobhan Murphy. "Novice Researchers' Reflection on Conducting a Focus Group." Journal of Perioperative Practice 19, no. 5 (May 2009): 143–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/175045890901900504.

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Focus group data collection can capture what is unknown about nurses' perceptions of routine patient care issues in clinical settings. Using Gibbs Reflective Cycle (1988) novice researchers Caroline O'Connor and Siobhan Murphy critically analysed the practicalities of conducting a focus group interview.

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Vieira, João V., Sérgio Deodato, and Felismina Mendes. "Therapeutic Futility in Nursing: A Focus Group." SAGE Open Nursing 8 (January 2022): 237796082211347. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23779608221134768.

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Introduction: The implementation of futile nursing interventions seems to be a persistent problem in adult intensive care units. Understanding this phenomenon can contribute to its prevention and all deleterious effects associated with it. Objective: To identify the perceptions of expert nurses from adult intensive care units about therapeutic futility in nursing. Methods: This study consists of a conventional content analysis. Data was collected through a focus group interview that included five expert nurses in adult intensive care, with a minimum of fifteen years of professional experience in intensive care. To analyze the information, the technique of thematic categorical analysis was used, according to Bardin. Results: Four central categories were identified for the topic under study, for which several subcategories were identified that allow a better understanding of this phenomenon. Conclusion: Adult intensive care expert nurses advocate that therapeutic futility in nursing is a reality perceived by teams and families, which should be avoided due to the risk of potentiating the implementation of ethically reprehensible care.

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Cyr, Jennifer. "The Pitfalls and Promise of Focus Groups as a Data Collection Method." Sociological Methods & Research 45, no. 2 (February 5, 2015): 231–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0049124115570065.

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Despite their long trajectory in the social sciences, few systematic works analyze how often and for what purposes focus groups appear in published works. This study fills this gap by undertaking a meta-analysis of focus group use over the last 10 years. It makes several contributions to our understanding of when and why focus groups are used in the social sciences. First, the study explains that focus groups generate data at three units of analysis, namely, the individual, the group, and the interaction. Although most researchers rely upon the individual unit of analysis, the method’s comparative advantage lies in the group and interactive units. Second, it reveals strong affinities between each unit of analysis and the primary motivation for using focus groups as a data collection method. The individual unit of analysis is appropriate for triangulation; the group unit is appropriate as a pretest; and the interactive unit is appropriate for exploration. Finally, it offers a set of guidelines that researchers should adopt when presenting focus groups as part of their research design. Researchers should, first, state the main purpose of the focus group in a research design; second, identify the primary unit of analysis exploited; and finally, list the questions used to collect data in the focus group.

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Villalobo, Eduardo, Gabriel Gutiérrez, and Antonio Villalobo. "Calmodulin in Paramecium: Focus on Genomic Data." Microorganisms 10, no. 10 (September 27, 2022): 1915. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10101915.

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Calcium (Ca2+) is a universal second messenger that plays a key role in cellular signaling. However, Ca2+ signals are transduced with the help of Ca2+-binding proteins, which serve as sensors, transducers, and elicitors. Among the collection of these Ca2+-binding proteins, calmodulin (CaM) emerged as the prototypical model in eukaryotic cells. This is a small protein that binds four Ca2+ ions and whose functions are multiple, controlling many essential aspects of cell physiology. CaM is universally distributed in eukaryotes, from multicellular organisms, such as human and land plants, to unicellular microorganisms, such as yeasts and ciliates. Here, we review most of the information gathered on CaM in Paramecium, a group of ciliates. We condense the information here by mentioning that mature Paramecium CaM is a 148 amino acid-long protein codified by a single gene, as in other eukaryotic microorganisms. In these ciliates, the protein is notoriously localized and regulates cilia function and can stimulate the activity of some enzymes. When Paramecium CaM is mutated, cells show flawed locomotion and/or exocytosis. We further widen this and additional information in the text, focusing on genomic data.

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Von Seggern, Marilyn, and Nancy J. Young. "The focus group method in libraries: issues relating to process and data analysis." Reference Services Review 31, no. 3 (September 2003): 272–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00907320310486872.

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Scott, Shannon D., Heather Sharpe, Kathy O'Leary, Ulrike Dehaeck, Kathryn Hindmarsh, John Garry Moore, and Martin H. Osmond. "Court Reporters: A Viable Solution for the Challenges of Focus Group Data Collection?" Qualitative Health Research 19, no. 1 (November 7, 2008): 140–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732308327883.

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Lederman, Linda Costigan. "Assessing educational effectiveness: The focus group interview as a technique for data collection1." Communication Education 39, no. 2 (April 1990): 117–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03634529009378794.

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Puzanova, Zh V., T. I. Larina, A. T. Gasparishvili, K. V. Radkevich, and S. V. Zakharova. "Personal characteristics of the focus group participants as a factor of the data quality." RUDN Journal of Sociology 21, no. 4 (December 7, 2021): 722–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2313-2272-2021-21-4-722-738.

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The article presents the results of the search for methodological ways to improve the quality of sociological information obtained in the focus group discussion. Today the scientific sphere is changing, and, in addition to the development of new methods, the existing interdisciplinary ones are being adapted to the specific research goals. An important way for improving sociological methods is the study of psychological aspects of respondents behavior during focus groups, since unconscious reactions can indicate the potential information bias and affect the quality of the project results. In the RUDN University, a three-stage methodological experiment was conducted based on the psychological technique 7 radicals, the Specific Affect Coding System (SPAFF) and the personal differential method. At the first stage, the experiment aimed at examining the ability of respondents without special knowledge in the field of psycho-typing to identify the dominant radicals. At the second stage, representatives of different psycho-types assessed each other so that the researchers would develop recommendations for the seating of focus group participants. At the third stage, the quality of the data obtained in focus groups was assessed depending on the moderators special skills (knowledge of psycho-types, FACS and SPAFF). Thus, the recommendations for moderators were developed - to increase the efficiency of work with focus group participants and to improve the quality of sociological data. The moderator needs knowledge in three areas: respondents psycho-types, affects in SPAFF, and the proxemic component (seating of respondents). The authors assess the prospects for introducing psychological techniques into the training system for focus group moderators and provide recommendations for moderators based on the results of the multi-stage experiment. Its results partially solve the problem of the quality of the focus group data by explaining the need to teach moderators interdisciplinary techniques (SPAFF and psycho-typing of the focus-group participants).

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Nielsen, Dorthe S., Kim Brixen, and Lotte Huniche. "Men’s Experiences of Living With Osteoporosis: Focus Group Interviews." American Journal of Men's Health 5, no. 2 (August 26, 2010): 166–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988310372800.

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Osteoporotic fractures in men are an increasing public health problem. Male osteoporosis is often a low-prioritized issue, however. To examine men’s experiences with osteoporosis and how they handle osteoporosis in their everyday lives, the authors collected data from four focus groups with a total of 16 men aged 51 to 82 years diagnosed with osteoporosis. Critical psychology was used as a theoretical framework for the data analysis, which aimed to elicit information about the men’s daily lives. The men handled osteoporosis in different ways using different strategies. The authors found patterns that resonated with the social construction of hegemonic masculinity as displayed through the men’s fear of weakness and endurance through physical activity, as well as identity construction through active decision making in relation to health. Understanding and implementation of these issues is necessary in the development of preventive, screening, and monitoring strategies, as well as in the clinical care of men with osteoporosis.

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Plácido, Ana Isabel, Maria Teresa Herdeiro, João Lindo Simões, Odete Amaral, Adolfo Figueiras, and Fátima Roque. "Voices of Polymedicated Older Patients: A Focus Group Approach." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 18 (September 4, 2020): 6443. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186443.

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Polypharmacy in older adults is frequently associated with incorrect management of medicines, which causes drug-related problems and, subsequently, poor health outcomes. Understanding why older adults incorrectly manage their medicines is fundamental to health outcomes, however, it is an issue that remains poorly explored. The aim of this study is to examine older people’s perceptions, attitudes, beliefs, and concerns in the central region of Portugal. Thirteen focus groups with sixty-one older adults taking five or more prescription medicines were conducted to explore older patients’ perceptions and beliefs about and management of their medication. Sampling was conducted until theme saturation had been achieved. Transcripts were coded and data were obtained using the NVivo qualitative data-analysis software programme. Older adults recognise the importance of medicines for ensuring healthy ageing. Owing to a lack of literacy, however, they frequently commit medication mistakes and compromise their health outcomes. Promoting the literacy and empowerment of older patients, as well as strengthening the relationship between health professionals and patients, is crucial when it comes to addressing drug-related problems and improving health outcomes.

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Hennink, Monique M., Bonnie N. Kaiser, and Mary Beth Weber. "What Influences Saturation? Estimating Sample Sizes in Focus Group Research." Qualitative Health Research 29, no. 10 (January 10, 2019): 1483–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732318821692.

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Saturation is commonly used to determine sample sizes in qualitative research, yet there is little guidance on what influences saturation. We aimed to assess saturation and identify parameters to estimate sample sizes for focus group studies in advance of data collection. We used two approaches to assess saturation in data from 10 focus group discussions. Four focus groups were sufficient to identify a range of new issues (code saturation), but more groups were needed to fully understand these issues (meaning saturation). Group stratification influenced meaning saturation, whereby one focus group per stratum was needed to identify issues; two groups per stratum provided a more comprehensive understanding of issues, but more groups per stratum provided little additional benefit. We identify six parameters influencing saturation in focus group data: study purpose, type of codes, group stratification, number of groups per stratum, and type and degree of saturation.

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Whitehead, Dr Evangelin. "Focus Group Discussions to Explore Learner Issues When Writing." World Journal of Education and Humanities 3, no. 3 (May 25, 2021): p10. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/wjeh.v3n3p10.

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Writing is the most essential skill and all learners must develop regardless of the professions they aspire to pursue. Writing is a big challenge for both native and non-native students especially in the advancement of technology. It is the biggest challenge to the students of English as a foreign language. Using qualitative research methodologies in the classroom teaching and student learning experiences in higher education gains an in-depth understanding of the learners’ issues. The aims of the study were to implement Focus Group Discussions to explore learner issues when writing. The students of a Preparatory year Program of a Public University of Saudi Arabia were selected for this study and their issues of writing English were focused. The research data were collected through questionnaires, interviews and collaborative formative assessment. The data collected through the research tools were then analyzed using descriptive statistics and comparative methods. The findings reveal that the major problems in EFL learners’ writing are insufficient linguistic proficiency in general, organization of weak structures, L1 influence, writing anxiety, lack of ideas, problems in grammar, vocabulary and syntax in particular. The study also sheds light on the remedial measures such as using online applications, vocabulary practice and innovative teaching methods.

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