Data Collection Methods:
3. Focus Group Interviews
• Interview format, but in a group setting
• 6-12 participants with common experience
• Dates back to the 1940s – used to assess effectiveness of morale-boosting radio shows
• 1970s onward – used by market researchers
• 1980s onward – used by academics
• Transcript of discussion is the data
• Plus accompanying notes
• Use content analysis or grounded theory approach to analyze the data