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From: "SdG Associates" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 2:34 PM
Subject: USA & UK Focus Group Retreat
> There are still places on the courses below.
>
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> FOCUS GROUPS: Methods for Success
> Design, moderating, and analysis using QSR N6 software
> USA: 16-21 March 2003
> UK: 11-16 May 2003
>
> SdG Associates is running a 5 day retreat on the focus group method. This
> retreat will give a thorough training in the Focus Group method from the
> conception and conducting of focus groups through to analysis and the
> production of a report. The course will cover:
>
> -awareness of when and how focus groups are effective as a research and
> evaluation method
> -how to plan and conduct a focus group study, including:
> -study design
> -recruiting focus group participants
> -preparing effective questions
> -moderating the focus group
> -how to prepare for the analysis including transcription and preparation
of
> transcripts for the N6 software
> -how to use the Command Assistant to quickly set up focus group projects
> -how to use the N6 software for coding, memoing and analysis
> -how to structure a focus group report
>
> This is a very hands-on workshop. Participants will be designing and
> running their own focus groups and then analyse them using N6.
>
> [No previous knowledge of QSR N6 is necessary.]
>
> There will be an opportunity for individual consultation.
>
> The US retreat will be held at the Daniel Webster Inn, Sandwich, MA (on
Cape
> Cod). The colonial inn on this site has offered lodging for over 300
years.
> It offers a very serene and charming setting where participants will be
able
> to balance the intensive training with time for reflection and relaxation.
>
> The UK retreat will be held at at Llansantffraed Court Hotel near
> Abergavenny,
> Wales. This Georgian style country house stands within its own 19 acres
of
> parkland and offers a serene setting where participants will be able to
> balance intensive training with time for reflection.
>
> The workshop will be run by Dr. Christine Clements Stein and Dr. Silvana
di
> Gregorio.
>
> The workshop will be limited to a maximum of 8 participants.
>
> Further details are available on www.sdgassociates.com or you can e-mail
the
> address below.
>
> Dr. Silvana di Gregorio
> SdG Associates
> Research & Training Consultants
> Tel/Fax: +44-(0)20-8806-1001
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> Web-site: www.sdgassociates.com
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