Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied Research - Couverture souple

Krueger, Richard A.; Casey, Mary Anne

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1483365247 ISBN 13 : 9781483365244

Editeur : SAGE Publications Inc, 2014

Synopsis

Using an engaging, straightforward writing style, the authors draw on their more than 50 years of hands-on experience in the field to cut through theory and offer practical guidance on every facet of the focus process, including tips for avoiding problems and pitfalls.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Inc
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1483365247
• ISBN 13: 9781483365244
• Reliure: Couverture à spirales
• Langue: anglais
• Numéro d'édition: 5
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible