Focus Groups and Community College Research: Lessons from a Study of Nontraditional Students.

Bers, Trudy H.; Smith, Kerry

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ERIC Number: EJ372484

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Publication Date: 1988

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Focus Groups and Community College Research: Lessons from a Study of Nontraditional Students.

Bers, Trudy H.; Smith, Kerry

Community College Review, v15 n4 p52-58 Spr 1988

Offers a case study of a focus group project involving unstructured, individual and indepth interviews with nontraditional community college students. Explains the theory of qualitative research behind focus groups, reasons for selecting this methodology, the process for conducting focus groups, and ways to deal effectively with atypical focus group participants. (DMM)

Descriptors: Community Colleges, Focus Groups, Nontraditional Students, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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