Getting the Focus and the Group: Enhancing Analytical Rigor in Focus Group Research

Details

• Personal Author:
  Kidd PS ; Parshall MB
• Description:
  In the literature on focus groups, far more attention has been devoted to how groups are organized and conducted than to issues of analysis. Although exploitation of group dynamics is touted as a virtue of focus groups, there is very little guidance in the literature with respect to how differences between group and individual discourse impact the analysis and interpretation of focus group data. In this article, the authors describe analytical challenges inherent in the interpretation of focus group data and suggest approaches for enhancing the rigor of analysis and the reliability and validity of focus group findings. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Construction Industry Education Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Small Business Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Construction-industry Construction-workers Injuries Injury-prevention Risk-factors Safety-education Safety-programs Small-businesses Training Work-practices
• ISSN:
  1049-7323
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  293-308
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024687
• Citation:
  Qual Health Res 2000 May; 10(3):293-308
• Contact Point Address:
  Pamela S. Kidd, Ph.D., ARNP, CEN, University of Kentucky, KIPRC-Suite 202, 333 Waller Avenue, Lexington, KY 40504-2915
• Email:
  pskidd1@pop.uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Intervention Effectiveness Research
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky, Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC), Lexington, Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19960930
• Source Full Name:
  Qualitative Health Research
• End Date:
  20000929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2767823f6a944e05289d43f46f7073f482fcbcc168118fe38939ee86071a5f9eb21d2575bde89d488458f6847726646343de67b5b6e039acfbcd7fa9c406d8fb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196354/cdc_196354_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 132.88 KB ]