Qualitative Research Methods Week 4 Presentation Focus Groups How to design and conduct a focus group interview? Chan Ming Chung‚ Daniel Chan Ying Wa‚ Cindy Yip Chun Hin‚ Hinry Brief Contents • What is the focus group? • How to conduct it? • Basic ingredients in focus groups. • Problem of confidentiality • Pro & Con • Limitation What is the focus group? • An interview with several people • Emphasize a specific topic • Extensively use in market and social research • Interested in how people respond
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Assignment 1: Focus on the learner 1. Profile My student´s name is Francisco Morales‚ he is 30 years old and of Chilean nationality. Francisco is in an Elementary English class and has only been studying English for 2 months. He had English lessons at University but these were mainly focused on reading. Francisco said he did not learn a lot through these and therefore had to take another course now‚ mainly for work purposes. Francisco works in the Pharmaceutical industry‚ specifically in
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Trying New Things Marcus Williams Ivy Tech Community College My brother and I are similar in a number of ways‚ but we’re completely opposite in how we feel about trying new things. He resists and often fears it‚ while I crave it. Trying new things has always been beneficial for me in the past. I enjoy exploring and testing my boundaries because you never know what you might like. Although I have to admit I didn’t always live my life by this philosophy‚ a couple years ago was
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Assignment Focus on the Learner 1. I chose to assess Marine who is a mature student and of French nationality‚ she is married and has two teenage children. (Her level of English is intermediate but still requires good flow and a greater repertoire of vocabulary). Marine used to work as a legal assistant and has finished her training to be a patent assistant. This involves working with lawyers where English is becoming an important requirement‚ not just reading but writing and conversing with
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IB Literature II—HL: Cue Card Instructions L.Lyon (Adapted from A.Wiggins) Spring 2014 Contents of each Cue Card: 1. AUTHOR and TEXTS (properly punctuated) Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller 2. BIRTH/DEATH DATES AND PLACES OF BIRTH/DEATH He was born on October 17‚ 1915 in Harlem New York He died on February 10‚ 2005‚ in Roxbury‚ Connecticut. 3. HISTORICAL DATE THE TEXT WAS PUBLISHED The play was first performed in 1949. That period was the post war period for the Second World
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What is social order? Social order is defined in the Webster’s dictionary as the totality of structured human interrelationships in a society or a part of it. With the creation of civilization came the concept of order. However‚ the different civilizations used different systems to bring about social order. In Greece‚ they used democracy. In China‚ a combination of Daoism and Confucianism was implemented. (Insert something about legalism) Although‚ these systems of government and philosophy
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PART TWO: What Happiness Means To Others First person I interviewed on the concept of happiness is my friend‚ Ronnie Topete. He’s a great guy that I’ve met recently. He’s Native American and Latin by heritage and a very interesting individual to have discussions with. The last interview was Lori Michelle Thebarge‚ my 3rd oldest sister. She’s been one of my best friends as well. She’s a lot like myself‚ but when it comes to the small things‚ she’s ignorant. The interview with Ronnie‚ or “Soaring
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Race to Deceive A Symptomatic reading of John Fusco and Joe Johnston’s Hidalgo (Touchstone Pictures 2004) Ideology is the system of ideas and representations which dominate the mind of a man or a social group - Louis Althusser The essay ‘Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses’ by Althusser makes a theoretical statement about the function of ideology in life and the way ideology gets produced and evolved through what are called
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Focus Groups An overview Submitted to: Prof. Schaff By: Muhammad F Balouch Id # 617531 University of Bridgeport Executive Summary ..3 Introduction ...4 History of Focus Group .5 Rational and Uses of Focus Group 5 Conducting a Focus Group Study ..7 Running a Focus Group ..8 Analysis and Writing Up . 8
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Ford Focus vs. Mazda Mazda 3 Two great new cars out there are the Ford Focus and the Mazda 3. If you’re looking for a fast car with the latest technology then you’ll have a tough decision between these two cars. In an opinion‚ the Ford Focus is the best for a family and the Mazda for enjoyment. They both set with GPS system‚ inline-4 engine‚ and chassis platform. They also have some differences as in the gas mileage‚ performance‚ and equipment. When it comes down to the end of it all‚ they are
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