Focus Groups Focus groups are one of many methods utilized by researchers to gather qualitative data. This method consists in simultaneously interviewing a group of people‚ usually 6-8‚ in the same location with a shared factor (Krueger& Casey‚ 2000). They are also a powerful tool to assess services or examine new ideas (Krueger& Casey‚ 2000; McNamara‚ n.d.). Focus groups are an ideal data gathering method for researchers because they allow them to learn the social norms of the community or subgroup
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Camera with a focus ‘What does it take to make a movie?’… Gone are the days when such a question caught awe-filled eyes gazing at an aspiring film-maker eager to learn about the art and science of making motion pictures. It might rather end up making you a butt of joke amongst a bunch kids fluttering around you‚ teaching you to make a movie using a device as handy as a cell phone. That’s what it may take to make a movie in the present day. In a metropolis like Mumbai‚ with an ample of amateur
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What is the purpose of the focus group interview? How have focus group studies helped us to understand media audiences? I am writing this essay to explore and discuss in depth the function of a focus group‚ particularly in relation to media audiences. I will discuss the meaning and definition of a focus group and share my research on how they have been used both historically and in modern studies. I will touch on how the focus group became one of the most popular methods of research post 1980s
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primary and secondary school following a traditional teaching method‚ which used grammar as the starting point and foundation‚ for the development of all language skills — speaking‚ listening‚ writing‚ and reading‚ however there was relatively little focus on speaking and listening. As reported by Virginia‚ she was exposed to explicit information about the structure of the language and to rules that she had to internalize through repetitions and direct translation with little or no opportunity of participating
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Focus on Application-ANOVA Testing The concept I will be discussing is ANOVA Testing. I will perform an ANOVA test to determine if there is a difference in nicotine levels of king size filtered‚ non-filtered‚ and menthol cigarettes. I will identify the null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis‚ F-value‚ F-critical‚ P-value‚ and state the final conclusion. A simple random test of 25 filtered‚ non-filtered and menthol test was collected and the nicotine amount measured. All of the cigarettes are
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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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Operation Management Introduction Kudler Fine Foods has several important issues in terms of its operation management. Kudler made the decision to start contracting with local growers of organic produce. Continuing to find new ways to increase business and gain an edge over the competition is important in the market. Developments may include merger and acquisition activity involving continuing price competition‚ growth of take-away food products and services‚ change in operations and continuing
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Frequent Shopper Program For Kudler Fine Foods Proposal By Smith Consulting Prepared By Russ Burt For BSA/385 Sunday‚ July 22‚ 2012 Instructor : Joseph Mills For this type of endeavor there are a few items that need to be considered before moving ahead with the project. The first and most important is how the points are going to be earned and tracked. Next is how are the customers going to check the balance of their points‚ and lastly how are they going to redeem those
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University of Phoenix BSA/385 07/01/2013 Executive Summary Overview: The objective of this project request is to track purchases of individual customer ’s. The customer purchases will be tracked and accumulated as loyalty points for redemption by the customer for gift items‚ specialty foods and other products or services as made available through partnerships with other external companies. The strategic purpose of the Frequent Shopper Program is described on the Sales & Marketing page of the Kudler
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| Riordan Manufacturing System Implementation | BSA/375 | | 2/7/2013 | | The human resource department has gathered information through the analysis phase and the design phase. Here we will focus on the implementation phase. The implementation phase has six key activities which are critical when executing this phase. The six activities are coding‚ testing‚ installation‚ documentation‚ training and support. These factors can get quite complex and confusing if the plan is not
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