Focus Groups: Their Use in LIS Research Data Collection.

Kerslake, Evelyn; Goulding, Anne

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ERIC Number: EJ536137

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Focus Groups: Their Use in LIS Research Data Collection.

Kerslake, Evelyn; Goulding, Anne

Education for Information, v14 n3 p225-32 Oct 1996

Outlines current ideas about the use of focus groups in library and information science and considers advantages and disadvantages of different types of focus group discussions. Discusses reasons for choosing this research method. (AEF)

Descriptors: Data Collection, Focus Groups, Group Discussion, Information Science, Interpersonal Communication, Library Research, Library Science, Research Methodology

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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