The focus group method in libraries: issues relating to process and data analysis
Abstract
Focus groups are becoming more widely used in libraries as a means of gathering data from the users’ point‐of‐view about how they find and use information. This article discusses the major issues in planning a focus group project and describes the use of a computer assisted qualitative data analysis software package, The Ethnograph, for data analysis. An annotated bibliography of useful focus group literature accompanies the article.
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Citation
Von Seggern, M. and Young, N.J. (2003), "The focus group method in libraries: issues relating to process and data analysis", Reference Services Review, Vol. 31 No. 3, pp. 272-284. https://doi.org/10.1108/00907320310486872
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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