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Videotaped Focus Groups: Transforming a Therapeutic Strategy Into a Research Tool
Author(s) -
Joseph Dayle Hunt,
Griffin Martha,
Sullivan Elaine Doherty
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
nursing forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.618
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1744-6198
pISSN - 0029-6473
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6198.2000.tb01173.x
Subject(s) - session (web analytics) , focus group , focus (optics) , process (computing) , computer science , data collection , psychology , process management , world wide web , engineering , sociology , social science , physics , anthropology , optics , operating system
Focus groups have become a popular method of collecting data for research projects. The addition of using a videotaped approach has broad implications for researchers, as it allows constant replay of the session. Although on the surface this approach seems straightforward and easy to use, the authors caution that this is not an approach for the novice. Investigators planning to use a focus group method must be well versed in group process. There is an unpredictable nature to the focus group process, and researchers need to prepare for the inevitable mishaps that lead to lost opportunities for data collection.