Focus group

The authors used focus groups which allowed the African-American students to share their racial climate experiences on their college campuses using a critical race theory (CRT). A grounded theory approach was used to investigate the concepts of racial microaggressions and the college racial climate. Transcripts, research memos, and field notes from the data which allowed systematic analysis of the thematic patterns to emerge from the data that was collected (p. 65). The focus group analysis…

engagement and participation by involving stakeholders from the community in developing and evaluating the intervention. Qualitative methods, such as focus group discussions and key informant interviews, generate opportunities for stakeholders to provide intervention planners with critical information (Gittelsohn, 2016; Ialongo & Rebok, 2016). Focus group discussions and key informant…

may not answer his questions. I think this is not a feasible method of research because it costs in excess of £1000 to access 1000 numbers once, and it would be time consuming to call the numbers, creating a large phone bill. Focus group/consumer panel Questioning a group of people about the product, generally using consumers who represent the whole…

In order to achieve program goals, it is essential for the school to collect data to prove program achievement which is vital for performance measures. Therefore by benchmarking the performance of the school, the school will gain information to improve the quality, delivery, and cost of the school. The school selects data based on availability, accuracy, cost, and timeliness. The school uses performance measurement to connect resources and program performance, and to use information gained to…

conducted various tests to come to an understanding of what causes the stressors and what coping strategies the women used to handle them. Study one; “Black women and how they cope with stress”, is a qualitative study done by researchers that used many focus groups to collect data from black women. This study evaluated what exactly it is about their workplace that causes stress and what are the many ways that each of the women did to cope with it. The data that was used was collected from three…

Teacher/Administrative Focus Group The teacher and administrator focus group was conducted on Wednesday, March 1, 2016 before school. Seven participants were included in the teacher and administrative focus group including two teachers from Oilton Middle School, three teachers from Oilton High School, the principal at Oilton High School, and the school counselor. The focus group interview session enabled the researcher to build conversations around specific topics, and allowed the interviewer to…

Fill out a short set of questions that ask you about things like your age, race, education, etc.; (2) Participate in a focus group with other youths in custody where you will be asked to talk about things like what you know about school resource officers and whether having school resource officers on campus makes you feel safe. I will ask you before the beginning of the ‘focus group’ study if you are comfortable with me using a tape recorder. The reason I would like to use a tape recorder is…

The authors (M. Carpher et al. ,2016, p.208) has carried out a research about ‘food behaviour of the secondary school pupil in the London Borough’. The study shows a strong relationship between the fast food in the deprived area based young people’s food choices. M. Carpher et al aimed the article at policy makers, local authorises and schools making them aware of his research. The overall argument which is made by the Autor is a strong relationship between the food choice that is available…

Ethical considerations For this research project I ensured that I followed the ethical guidelines of the University of Hertfordshire whilst planning for and carrying out my small scale survey (see appendix for ethics approval sheet) Due to the sensitive nature of this research topic a number of ethical considerations had to be recognised and discussed. First and foremost, it is important to note that I chose not to distribute my questionnaire to children or any young person under the age of 18,…

There exist different ways of categorizing market research methods. However, most of the techniques used can be fitted into one of the following six categories: a. Secondary b. research surveys c. focus groups d. interviews e. observation f. Experiments/field trials. Research Methods The primary research methods allow a researcher to go beyond the general information that can be obtained from secondary sources. For purpose of this research, the following methods will be used; surveys,…