Focus Group Research Questions
Research Questions
While preparing the discussion guide for the focus groups, we developed a few different research questions that applied to our focus group. One research question was why people adopt from an animal shelter. For this question we asked, what the thoughts on obtaining an animal from an animal shelter were, what factors do they look at when choosing a pet, and what are the benefits and draw backs of adopting an animal from a shelter? Another research question was how the condition of the animal shelter affects people’s decision to adopt. We wanted to know if the condition of the shelter deters or helps a person’s decision to adopt a pet from them because if it does then it is something that the shelter can work on improving. …show more content…
All of the mediators were in a group to perfect the questions and ensure nothing was repeated or left out. The mediators went through all of the questions again to check conciseness, further eliminated questions that were repeats or unneeded and allocated time to make certain that it would take 45 to 60 minutes for the entire focus group. The other two groups were chosen based on location in the classroom. The group on the right side wrote the introduction while the group on the left side of the classroom wrote the conclusion.
Finally, we discussed the introduction, discussion questions, and conclusion as a class to make sure everything we wanted and needed was included. We added some follow-up questions on a few of the questions so that they would elicit more responses and ensure clarity. Afterwards discussion guides were printed for every student in the class so they could practice and have them during the focus …show more content…
Because of this, adopting a pet may be a little more difficult. They may need a short-haired dog or cat, or even a hypoallergenic pet. If there are none of those types of pets at the shelter than they are out of luck at that time.
7. Many find that the animal shelter experience is lonely and sad.
A couple of our members have volunteered at a shelter or have at least been to one. All of their reactions were the same; it was sad. They agreed that the puppy dog eyes were extra puppy dogged. It was tough for the pet lovers and owners to visit an animal shelter because they want to take every animal they see home. It was a sad experience for them to leave them knowing that they will be left in their cages by themselves over night. They also agreed that they don’t go to the shelters as often because of that sad feeling that they get when leaving.
While preparing the discussion guide for the focus groups, we developed a few different research questions that applied to our focus group. One research question was why people adopt from an animal shelter. For this question we asked, what the thoughts on obtaining an animal from an animal shelter were, what factors do they look at when choosing a pet, and what are the benefits and draw backs of adopting an animal from a shelter? Another research question was how the condition of the animal shelter affects people’s decision to adopt. We wanted to know if the condition of the shelter deters or helps a person’s decision to adopt a pet from them because if it does then it is something that the shelter can work on improving. …show more content…
All of the mediators were in a group to perfect the questions and ensure nothing was repeated or left out. The mediators went through all of the questions again to check conciseness, further eliminated questions that were repeats or unneeded and allocated time to make certain that it would take 45 to 60 minutes for the entire focus group. The other two groups were chosen based on location in the classroom. The group on the right side wrote the introduction while the group on the left side of the classroom wrote the conclusion.
Finally, we discussed the introduction, discussion questions, and conclusion as a class to make sure everything we wanted and needed was included. We added some follow-up questions on a few of the questions so that they would elicit more responses and ensure clarity. Afterwards discussion guides were printed for every student in the class so they could practice and have them during the focus …show more content…
Because of this, adopting a pet may be a little more difficult. They may need a short-haired dog or cat, or even a hypoallergenic pet. If there are none of those types of pets at the shelter than they are out of luck at that time.
7. Many find that the animal shelter experience is lonely and sad.
A couple of our members have volunteered at a shelter or have at least been to one. All of their reactions were the same; it was sad. They agreed that the puppy dog eyes were extra puppy dogged. It was tough for the pet lovers and owners to visit an animal shelter because they want to take every animal they see home. It was a sad experience for them to leave them knowing that they will be left in their cages by themselves over night. They also agreed that they don’t go to the shelters as often because of that sad feeling that they get when leaving.