logging in or signing up Focus Group Introduction to liamgr Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 2306 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: October 22, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 1 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... By: bram_files (14 month(s) ago) I found that your presentation is very helpful to those who are new to this issue. Thanks! Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close By: ashish.zydus (29 month(s) ago) Sir, This is to share with you that we are working on making a presentation on focus and for that this presentation is required. Sincerely requesting you to kindly do the needful. Regards, Ashish Shah Zydus Cadila Ahmedabad Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close Premium member Presentation Transcript NEW COMMUNITIES PROJECT: NEW COMMUNITIES PROJECT Focus Groups: A Beginner’s GuideWhat is a focus group?: What is a focus group? GROUP OF INTERACTING INDIVIDUALS HAVING COMMON INTEREST OR CHARACTERISTICS ORGANISED BY A MODERATOR TO GAIN INFORMATION USED TO UNDERSTAND HOW, WHY OR WHAT BELIEFS PEOPLE HOLD ABOUT TOPICS, PRODUCTS OR POLICIESWhat is a focus group? : What is a focus group? TYPICALLY 7-10 PEOPLE UNFAMILIAR WITH EACH OTHER IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH ENCOURAGES DIFFERENT PERCEPTIONS. SEVERAL GROUPS USED TO IDENTIFY TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN BELIEFS AND PERCEPTIONS SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS OF DISCUSSIONS TO GAIN INSIGHT INTO HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT A PRODUCT ISSUE OR POLICY/PROGRAMMESlide4: Focus groups are best used to explain "why" the public feels the way it does. A properly constructed and administered focus group will draw out the "motivational factors" behind the "top of mind" opinions -- which is critical to understanding what is driving public opinion. WHO USES FOCUS GROUPS? : WHO USES FOCUS GROUPS? POLITICAL ANALYSTS/POLLSTERS ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCHERS STATUTORY AGENCIES SURVEY DESIGNERS Origins of focus groups: Origins of focus groups DEVELOPED IN US IN 1930s DUE TO CONCERNS OVER DATA DERIVED FROM INTERVIEWER LED RESEARCH RK MERTON: EVALUATION RADIO BROADCASTS AND US PROPAGANDA FILMS IN 1940s AND 1950sWhat focus groups can tell you: What focus groups can tell you HOW PEOPLE THINK OR FEEL GREATER INSIGHT INTO WHY CERTAIN OPINIONS ARE HELD ASSIST PLANNING AND DESIGN OF PROGRAMMES EVALUATE EXISTING POLICY DEVELOP STRATEGYWHAT FOCUS GROUPS CANNOT TELL YOU : WHAT FOCUS GROUPS CANNOT TELL YOU VALID INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUALS VALID BEFORE AND AFTER INFORMATION WIDELY GENERALISABLE INFORMATIONAdvantages of Focus Groups: Advantages of Focus Groups HIGH FACE VALIDITY (NATURAL INTERACTION AND SOCIAL INFLUENCE) USEFUL IN OBTAINING INFORMATION FROM GROUPS SUCH AS CHILDREN OR NON-LITERATE LOWER COSTS AND SPEED OF DATA GATHERING EASY TO CONDUCTAdvantages of Focus Groups: Advantages of Focus Groups CAN USE BOTH VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL DATA CAN OBTAIN DEEPER LEVELS OF MEANING HIGHLY FLEXIBLE/ADAPTABLE ACCESSABLE RESULTS Disadvantages of Focus Groups: Disadvantages of Focus Groups SAMPLE NOT RANDOM NOR NECESSARILY REPRESENTATIVE QUALITY OF DATA HIGHLY INFLUENCED BY ABILITY OF MODERATOR TO EVOKE RESPONSES RESULTS SUBJECT TO MULTIPLE INTERPRETATIONS TRANSITORY EFFECTS The Making of a Good Focus Group: The Making of a Good Focus Group ….the single greatest component of a successful focus group is the moderator Frank I. Luntz Voices of Victory You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Focus Group Introduction to liamgr Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 2306 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: October 22, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 1 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... By: bram_files (14 month(s) ago) I found that your presentation is very helpful to those who are new to this issue. Thanks! Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close By: ashish.zydus (29 month(s) ago) Sir, This is to share with you that we are working on making a presentation on focus and for that this presentation is required. Sincerely requesting you to kindly do the needful. Regards, Ashish Shah Zydus Cadila Ahmedabad Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close Premium member Presentation Transcript NEW COMMUNITIES PROJECT: NEW COMMUNITIES PROJECT Focus Groups: A Beginner’s GuideWhat is a focus group?: What is a focus group? GROUP OF INTERACTING INDIVIDUALS HAVING COMMON INTEREST OR CHARACTERISTICS ORGANISED BY A MODERATOR TO GAIN INFORMATION USED TO UNDERSTAND HOW, WHY OR WHAT BELIEFS PEOPLE HOLD ABOUT TOPICS, PRODUCTS OR POLICIESWhat is a focus group? : What is a focus group? TYPICALLY 7-10 PEOPLE UNFAMILIAR WITH EACH OTHER IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH ENCOURAGES DIFFERENT PERCEPTIONS. SEVERAL GROUPS USED TO IDENTIFY TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN BELIEFS AND PERCEPTIONS SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS OF DISCUSSIONS TO GAIN INSIGHT INTO HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT A PRODUCT ISSUE OR POLICY/PROGRAMMESlide4: Focus groups are best used to explain "why" the public feels the way it does. A properly constructed and administered focus group will draw out the "motivational factors" behind the "top of mind" opinions -- which is critical to understanding what is driving public opinion. WHO USES FOCUS GROUPS? : WHO USES FOCUS GROUPS? POLITICAL ANALYSTS/POLLSTERS ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCHERS STATUTORY AGENCIES SURVEY DESIGNERS Origins of focus groups: Origins of focus groups DEVELOPED IN US IN 1930s DUE TO CONCERNS OVER DATA DERIVED FROM INTERVIEWER LED RESEARCH RK MERTON: EVALUATION RADIO BROADCASTS AND US PROPAGANDA FILMS IN 1940s AND 1950sWhat focus groups can tell you: What focus groups can tell you HOW PEOPLE THINK OR FEEL GREATER INSIGHT INTO WHY CERTAIN OPINIONS ARE HELD ASSIST PLANNING AND DESIGN OF PROGRAMMES EVALUATE EXISTING POLICY DEVELOP STRATEGYWHAT FOCUS GROUPS CANNOT TELL YOU : WHAT FOCUS GROUPS CANNOT TELL YOU VALID INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUALS VALID BEFORE AND AFTER INFORMATION WIDELY GENERALISABLE INFORMATIONAdvantages of Focus Groups: Advantages of Focus Groups HIGH FACE VALIDITY (NATURAL INTERACTION AND SOCIAL INFLUENCE) USEFUL IN OBTAINING INFORMATION FROM GROUPS SUCH AS CHILDREN OR NON-LITERATE LOWER COSTS AND SPEED OF DATA GATHERING EASY TO CONDUCTAdvantages of Focus Groups: Advantages of Focus Groups CAN USE BOTH VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL DATA CAN OBTAIN DEEPER LEVELS OF MEANING HIGHLY FLEXIBLE/ADAPTABLE ACCESSABLE RESULTS Disadvantages of Focus Groups: Disadvantages of Focus Groups SAMPLE NOT RANDOM NOR NECESSARILY REPRESENTATIVE QUALITY OF DATA HIGHLY INFLUENCED BY ABILITY OF MODERATOR TO EVOKE RESPONSES RESULTS SUBJECT TO MULTIPLE INTERPRETATIONS TRANSITORY EFFECTS The Making of a Good Focus Group: The Making of a Good Focus Group ….the single greatest component of a successful focus group is the moderator Frank I. Luntz Voices of Victory