Hi there, I meant that we get out email addresses together and send to only us, so as not to deluge others?
On 17 Feb 2012, at 9:37 AM, Seraphim Alvanides <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Same here...
>
> focus groups planned with new cyclists in the next couple of weeks in
> Newcastle (UK), in relation to this project
> http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/bne/news/active_travel
>
> Gail: how do you suggest we discuss this "off-group"?
>
> Clare/Carlosfelipe/Rita: Can you please provide refs to your work in
> relation to FGs?
>
> Ref: I found this paper (from a social geographer) very useful
> Thinking critically and creatively about focus groups by P.Hopkins (2007)
> http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-4762.2007.00766.x/full
>
> Regards,
>
> Seraphim
> --
>
>
> On 16 February 2012 17:31, Gail Jennings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> I'm about to conduct a series of focus groups with cyclists next week, so
>> perhaps we could discuss this off-group but in our 'own' email group? As it
>> would be great to have further discussion around this issue... The purpose
>> of my focus groups is stakeholder engagement before the design of a bicycle
>> master plan and possible bicycle rental scheme.
>>
>> thanks
>> Gail
>>
>> On 16 Feb 2012, at 7:16 PM, Clare Wasteneys wrote:
>>
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> Like Carlosfelipe and Rita, I have conducted focus groups about cycling and
>> would be happy to share my insights with you.
>>
>> My research is in Canada, but after checking the webpage description of your
>> research, there may be some overlap in the questions we are investigating.
>> My sample is probably a lot narrower than yours as I am focusing on
>> teenagers and the factors that enable or deter them from adopting cycling as
>> a mode of transportation. I used a focus group as a method to complement
>> three sets of intensive/extensive open-ended interviews (75 in all) as part
>> of a one year study in Guelph, Ontario. The FG zeroed in on questions that
>> had been rising to the top as key issues relating to one's disposition to
>> bike or not to bike. My underlying interest is the relative influences of
>> socialized/gendered norms of appearance/behavior and ones sense of
>> environmental responsibility.
>>
>> I have designed/led/facilitated focus groups in the past as well, to
>> evaluate programs and assess needs. There are multiple ways to set up the
>> composition (who is in each group) and methodology (i.e. technology) of any
>> focus group but in my experience, the critical piece has been to narrow and
>> nail down a few key questions.
>>
>> I am living in the Dominican Republic this winter, but feel free to email
>> me: [log in to unmask] if you'd like to chat further about this.
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> 2012/2/16 [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>>>
>>> Just to endorse the other responses, given the relatively small number of
>>> (geographically dispersed) people on this list, I strongly recommend you
>>> look for support with this in your institution, and don't worry about the
>>> topic or (to an extent) discipline.
>>>
>>> Another option might be to be a focus group participant (or
>>> participant-observer!) ... and get paid while you take part! But that's
>>> more likely to be possible with market researchers, so beware of
>>> methodological differences.
>>>
>>> Sent from my HTC
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Reply message -----
>>> From: "Newton Rita" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Date: Thu, Feb 16, 2012 07:46
>>> Subject: Focus Group practice
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>
>>> Hello Pete
>>>
>>> I have undertaken some FG's with cyclists for the visions2030 project, if
>>> chatting over the phone about approach, protocol would help, then more than
>>> happy to oblige ([log in to unmask])
>>>
>>> I think its important to remember that there's no such thing as the
>>> perfect focus group, because its real world research (unlike a lab) and FG's
>>> work well as a complementary approach to other data gathering techniques, so
>>> the knack is not just to rely on FG's to inform your data analysis.
>>>
>>> Rita
>>>
>>> Rita Newton
>>> SURFACE Inclusive Design Research Centre
>>> For further information on our postgraduate course in Accessibility and
>>> Inclusive Design go to www.surface.salford.ac.uk
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Cycling and Society Research Group discussion list
>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carlosfelipe Pardo
>>> Sent: 15 February 2012 12:51
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: Focus Group practice
>>>
>>> Pete,
>>>
>>> I would suggest you actually contact a social scientist and have him/her
>>> and you lead the discussion, having had couple of discussions regarding
>>> contents and method, etc. I've done this many times but I'm in Bogotá and
>>> all my work and reports are in Spanish. It has worked perfectly when I've
>>> organized it that way (however, I am by training a social scientist and by
>>> practice a transportation "expert").
>>>
>>> Happy to help in anything needed!
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Carlosfelipe Pardo
>>> Director Ejecutivo
>>> Fundación Despacio
>>> Cr 5 No. 70A -74 piso 2 (Bogotá, Colombia)
>>> T: +571 2362309 / 2484420
>>> Cel +57 321 343 3727
>>> [log in to unmask] / [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> On 15/02/2012 07:48 a.m., Peter R.H. Wood wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> It looks like my PhD is going to involve some focus groups in May. I've
>>>> never done them before, and I was just wondering if anyone else was running
>>>> one that I might sit in on? I've read the theory, but I think it'd be very
>>>> interesting to actually watch someone else facilitate a group. I'll happily
>>>> be the note-taker and second observer, if that helps.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone running focus group research in the South East UK (pref London)
>>>> before May, and wouldn't mind me tagging along to a session?
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Pete
>>>>
>>>> Postgraduate Research Student
>>>> The Open University
>>>>
>>>> http://www.open.ac.uk/socialsciences/about-the-faculty/departments/geo
>>>> graphy/postgraduate/profiles/peter_wood.php
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Clare Wasteneys
>> PhD Candidate, Queen's University
>> Nov'11-Apr'12: Cabarete, Dominican Republic
>> 809-905-9473
>> Skype: clare.wasteneys
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
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