Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied Research. 3rd Edition.

Krueger, Richard A.; Casey, Mary Anne

ISBN 10: 0761920714 / ISBN 13: 9780761920717

Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc, Thousand Oaks

Beschreibung

Softcover comb bound 3rd Edition, 8th printing in Very Good condition. The covers are in great shape with only a hint of shelf wear. The plastic comb binding is in excellent condition. The interior pages are unmarked. There is a small abrasion on the title page. The book will be carefully packaged for protection from heavy handling and the elements during shipment. Electronic USPS tracking issued free of charge.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied Research. 3rd Edition.
• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc, Thousand Oaks
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0761920714
• ISBN-13: 9780761920717
• Einband: Softcover
• Auflage: 3rd Edition.
• Druck: First Printing
• Zustand: Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
• Abmessungen: 9,25B x 7,75 H x 0,6 T Zoll Breite: 9,25 Zoll, Höhe: 7,75 Zoll, Tiefe: 0,6 Zoll

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Inhaltsangabe

Focus Group: A Practical Guide for Applied Research was the standard for learning how to conduct a focus group. This highly acclaimed book in its third edition includes numerous updates and improvements:

- Vignettes drawn from small and large focus groups that illustrate problems that come up and effective ways to resolve the issues.

- Designing questions for asking effective questions to draw out a group and how to refine them based on the group's responses.

- Collaborative Approach updated to address the latest ways to implement the empowerment and action research.

- Budgeting how to more effectively budget for a focus group

- Coding how to more effectively use existing software packages to code and analyze the results of a focus group.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Richard Krueger is professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. He is an internationally recognized authority on the use of focus group interviewing within the public environment. For 25 years he served as evaluation leader for the University of Minnesota Extension Service followed by 10 years teaching graduate courses in program evaluation and research methodology. He is a former president of the American Evaluation Association and a member of the Qualitative Research Consultants Association. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.  In his spare time he repairs his motorcycle, swaps stories with friends, and shops for tools at the local hardware store. Maybe you’ve seen him there. 

Mary Anne Casey is an evaluator, writer, and teacher. She has been an evaluation consultant at the international, national, state, and local levels on topics relating to health, public policy, community development, agriculture, and the environment. Mary Anne has had the privilege of asking questions and listening, and the challenge of providing useful, enlightening results to clients. She relishes analysis and finding just the right way to convey what people have shared. She weaves the lessons she has learned into her work, her writing on focus group interviewing, and her teaching at the University of Minnesota, University of South Florida, and University of Michigan. Mary Anne previously worked for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the state of Minnesota. She received her PhD from the University of Minnesota. She gets her best insights while in the shower or on long walks.