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ERIC Number: EJ554683
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-1926
Focus Groups: A Useful Qualitative Method for Educational Research.
Wilson, Valerie
British Educational Research Journal, v23 n2 p209-24 Apr 1997
Explores what focus groups are, how they have been utilized by researchers, and some of the practical and theoretical implications for incorporating focus groups in the design of educational research. Includes verbatim transcripts from interviews and specific examples of various focus groups. (MJP)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Group Discussion, Higher Education, Interviews, Qualitative Research, Research and Development, Research Design, Research Methodology, Research Needs, Research Utilization, Scholarship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Scotland