A proposed model for the analysis and interpretation of focus groups in evaluation research

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-28

  Massey, Oliver T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation methods; Focus groups; Thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 77956495244     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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