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What about focus group interaction data?

Wendy Duggleby
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The purpose of this article is to discuss issues related to group interaction data in focus groups. How should it be analyzed and reported? The author addresses these questions using qualitative research approaches with examples from her research to foster further discussion regarding focus group research.

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Wendy Duggleby. 2005. What about focus group interaction data?. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732304273916

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