Court reporters: A viable solution for the challenges of focus group data collection?

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 140-146

  Scott, Shannon D ^a   Sharpe, Heather ^b   O'Leary, Kathy ^a   Dehaeck, Ulrike ^b   Hindmarsh, Kathryn ^a   Moore, John Garry ^c   Osmond, Martin H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c NORTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data collection and management; Focus groups; General; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENTIALITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COURT; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SKILL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

DATA COLLECTION; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 57749192937     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308327883     Document Type: Article

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