Using focus groups to listen, learn, and lead in higher education. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mona J.E. Danner, J. Worth Pickering, Tisha M. Paredes ; foreword by Jillian Kinzie.
• Authors: Danner, Mona J. E; Pickering, James Worth; Paredes, Tisha M
• Contents: Foreword by Jillian Kinzie Preface Acknowledgments 1. Exploring the Big Questions in Higher Education. Access, Affordability, Accountability 2. Using Focus Groups to Listen, Learn, and Lead. The ODU Method for Conducting Focus Groups 3. Step #1. Develop a Research Proposal, Define the Purpose, and Write Research Questions. To Do or Not to Do a Focus Group 4. Step #2. Select Participants and Subsets of Participants. Choose Wisely 5. Step #3. Design the Moderator’s Guide. A Cookbook Approach 6. Step #4. Select and Train the Moderators. The Research Tool 7. Step #5. Conduct the Focus Groups. It’s All About Logistics 8. Step #6. Analyze the Data and Report the Results. So What Does it All Mean? 9. The Best Laid Plans. When to Just Say “No” or to Create Plans B Through E Appendices References Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 378.007; Education, Higher -- Research -- Methodology; Universities and colleges -- Administration -- Decision making; Focus groups
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000971330; 9781000976670
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