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100 Questions (and Answers) About Action Research identifies and answers the essential questions on the process of systematically approaching your practice from an inquiry-oriented perspective, with a focus on improving that practice. This unique text offers progressive instructors an alternative to the research status quo and serves as a reference for readers to improve their practice as advocates for those they serve. The Question and Answer format makes this an ideal supplementary text for traditional research methods courses, and also a helpful guide for practitioners in education, social work, criminal justice, health, business, and other applied disciplines.
Why Would I Use Focus Groups?
Why Would I Use Focus Groups?
Use interviews when you want to get information on a small number of participants. However, the more interviewees one has, the more time it will take. A focus group, on the other hand, is a group of people gathered together. They can interact with each other in a guided discussion on a particular topic in a nonthreatening environment. Typically, focus groups are used to give market researchers feedback or guidance on a given product or service. The focus group might be given lunch afterward. Broadcast media companies use focus groups to gauge group reaction to new productions. Hollywood uses focus groups to test different movie endings with different groups.
Action researchers use focus groups, which allows them to get ...
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