Reconsidering the role of interaction in analyzing and reporting focus groups

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 718-722

  Morgan, David L ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; Focus groups; Interviews; Qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE;

EID: 77952357566     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310364627     Document Type: Article

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