{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3020919232","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526486387.n65","title":"Focus Groups: From Qualitative Data Generation to Analysis","display_name":"Focus Groups: From Qualitative Data Generation to Analysis","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3020919232","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526486387.n65","mag":"3020919232"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.4135/9781526486387.n65","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526486387.n65","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526486387.n65","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306463871","display_name":"SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"ebook platform"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations","raw_type":"book-chapter"},"volume":{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3023365807","display_name":"The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations"},"type":"book-chapter","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5015445129","display_name":"Virginie Van Ingelgom","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5049-1862","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5049-1862"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Virginie Van Ingelgom","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5015445129"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":9.0495,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":17,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97896432,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":87,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1190","last_page":"1210"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12679","display_name":"Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12679","display_name":"Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13721","display_name":"Political Science Research and Education","score":0.000699999975040555,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12880","display_name":"Qualitative Research Methods and Applications","score":0.00019999999494757503,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/focus-groups","display_name":"focus groups","score":0.996999979019165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/qualitative-data-collection","display_name":"qualitative data collection","score":0.8040000200271606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sampling","display_name":"sampling","score":0.7820000052452087},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/questioning","display_name":"questioning","score":0.4180000126361847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/moderation","display_name":"moderation","score":0.8389999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/focus-group-analysis","display_name":"focus group analysis","score":0.8379999995231628},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/epistemology-of-qualitative-research","display_name":"epistemology of qualitative research","score":0.7879999876022339},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-science-methodology","display_name":"political science methodology","score":0.6119999885559082},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-generation","display_name":"data generation","score":0.3790000081062317}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192209626","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190909","display_name":"Focus (optics)","level":2,"score":0.6084516048431396},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56995899","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1126687","display_name":"Focus group","level":2,"score":0.543867290019989},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3018587665","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7268696","display_name":"Qualitative analysis","level":3,"score":0.43723607063293457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C190248442","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q839486","display_name":"Qualitative research","level":2,"score":0.4115096628665924},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.40286874771118164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.25034788250923157},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.09237229824066162},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19165224","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23404","display_name":"Anthropology","level":1,"score":0.0659424364566803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120665830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14620","display_name":"Optics","level":1,"score":0.037034451961517334}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.4135/9781526486387.n65","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526486387.n65","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526486387.n65","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306463871","display_name":"SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"ebook platform"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations","raw_type":"book-chapter"},{"id":"pmh:oai:dial.uclouvain.be:boreal:231499","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/231499","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401974","display_name":"DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I99464096","host_organization_name":"KU Leuven","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I99464096"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2503431297","https://openalex.org/W2476829498","https://openalex.org/W4246048187","https://openalex.org/W2486165911","https://openalex.org/W4241920756","https://openalex.org/W2491708968","https://openalex.org/W2480277093","https://openalex.org/W2486254152","https://openalex.org/W2500078913","https://openalex.org/W4406939927"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"By":[0,23],"reviewing":[1],"all":[2],"the":[3,9,31,51,55,63,66,76,83,86,109,141,145,148,177,197,203,219],"difficulties":[4],"of":[5,36,42,46,88,124,144,151,157,176,183,221],"focus":[6,38,47,73,89,126,146,152,164,178,222],"group":[7,179],"research,":[8],"chapter":[10,56,64,84,110],"will":[11,29,57],"come":[12],"across":[13],"most":[14],"questions":[15,70,195],"faced":[16],"by":[17,54],"qualitative":[18],"researchers,both":[19],"epistemologically":[20],"and":[21,34,68,94,105,196,224],"technically.":[22],"focusing":[24],"on":[25,115],"its":[26,191,211],"specificities,":[27],"it":[28,201,214],"present":[30],"trade-offs,":[32],"pros,":[33],"cons":[35],"using":[37,43,72],"groups":[39,74,90,127,153,165,223],"but":[40],"also":[41],"different":[44,171],"types":[45],"group.":[48],"More":[49],"precisely,":[50],"topics":[52],"covered":[53],"be":[58,167],"organised":[59],"as":[60,96,98,154,180],"follows:":[61],"first,":[62],"identifies":[65],"domains":[67],"research":[69,194,204],"where":[71],"is":[75,186,215],"more":[77],"useful":[78],"in":[79,169,187,202,227],"political":[80,228],"science;":[81],"then,":[82],"discusses":[85],"design":[87],"including":[91],"sampling,":[92],"questioning,":[93],"moderating,":[95],"well":[97],"issues":[99],"related":[100],"to":[101,121,130,137,190,200,217],"their":[102,225],"practical":[103,212],"organisation;":[104],"finally,":[106],"yet":[107],"importantly,":[108],"puts":[111],"a":[112,155,181],"strong":[113],"emphasis":[114],"analysis":[116],"\u2013":[117],"from":[118],"general":[119],"principles":[120],"specific":[122],"challenges":[123],"analysing":[125],"before":[128,207],"turning":[129],"some":[131],"concluding":[132],"remarks.":[133],"Introducing":[134],"Focus":[135],"Groups":[136],"Political":[138],"Scientists":[139],"Beyond":[140],"actual":[142],"definition":[143],"group,":[147],"scientific":[149],"uses":[150,220],"strategy":[156,182],"data":[158,184],"collection":[159,185],"are":[160],"quite":[161],"diverse.":[162],"Indeed,":[163],"can":[166],"used":[168],"very":[170],"epistemological":[172],"frameworks.":[173],"The":[174],"success":[175],"part":[188],"due":[189],"appropriateness":[192,226],"for":[193],"role":[198],"accorded":[199],"design.":[205],"Therefore,":[206],"one":[208],"goes":[209],"into":[210],"dispositions,":[213],"important":[216],"understand":[218],"science.":[229]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-10T11:39:43.021295","created_date":"2020-05-13T00:00:00"}