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White Paper: Focus Group Research

If you have to undertake a project using focus groups for your data collection but are not clear on how focus group research should be undertaken, then read on. Focus Groups Focus group research is most often associated with companies who want to evaluate the success of one or more of their products. While focus groups are most commonly used in market research like the forgoing they are also used in social research. Anita Gibbs, research officer at the Centre for Criminological Research at Oxford University says that although focus groups are used extensively for market research they are underused in social research (Social Research Update 19). A focus group is a group discussion. When you run a focus group it is often considered good practice to offer the people who have agreed to take part either a free lunch

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Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 00:47 by Registered CommenterSue Jeffels in | CommentsPost a Comment

Who is Your Audience?

What Are You Writing? What you write depends on what the client wants and/or something you enjoy writing. How you write it, whether you are writing about gardens, real estate, parenting, violence or religion depends largely on who you think you are writing for. Whenever you sit down to write you should be thinking about your audience; the kind of reader that you want and the kind of reader that you are likely to get. Who Are You Writing For? If you are writing an article on the Bible for instance then your style and the stance you take will depend on whether you are writing it for

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Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 01:31 by Registered CommenterSue Jeffels in | CommentsPost a Comment

Questionnaire Development - White Paper

Why We Use Questionnaires Many people get confronted with a person or a company wanting them to fill out a questionnaire. It is a common mistake to think that just by asking any questions you can obtain reliable information. We use questionnaires to measure things like income and also less tangible concepts such as attitudes to work or social class.. This paper will explain what questionnaires actually do and how those who use them obtain reasonably correct information. Researchers may use what are known as indicators

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Posted on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 14:56 by Registered CommenterSue Jeffels in | CommentsPost a Comment

Grant Writing and Proposal Writing - White Paper

Updated on Monday, February 11, 2008 at 05:30 by Registered CommenterSue Jeffels

Grant writing and proposal writing are often viewed almost as a black art to those who are new to the idea - there are however, no dark secrets surrounding these things anyone who has a sound business idea or a sound research proposal can learn to write grant proposals and research funding proposals. If you follow the tips outlined in this paper

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Posted on Sunday, November 25, 2007 at 22:26 by Registered CommenterSue Jeffels in | CommentsPost a Comment | References1 Reference
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