Seeing both the forest and the trees: a process for tracking individual responses in focus group interviews

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Goodwin, Val and Happell, Brenda (2009) Seeing both the forest and the trees: a process for tracking individual responses in focus group interviews. Nurse researcher, 17 (1). pp. 62-67. ISSN 1351-5578

Abstract

Focus groups are a popular component of nursing research. While they have their advantages, a number of disadvantages are apparent, such as the difficulty involved in capturing individual responses. The use of a tracking sheet would allow the researcher to identify individual responses, and thus produce separate transcripts for each participant, which can be forwarded for verification or discussion. The advantage of this approach is that the researcher is able to obtain an account from the individuals in addition to the group account.

Item type Article
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/4306
Subjects Historical > FOR Classification > 1110 Nursing
Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > School of Nursing and Midwifery
Keywords ResPubID19152. focus groups, tracking sheets, tracking responses, nursing research, medical research
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