TechnoLearn: An International Journal of Educational Technology
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 1

Focus Group Discussion in Qualitative Research

Associate Professor, Department of Education, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, India

*Address for Correspondence Associate professor Department of Education Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, India E-mail: peacemunu@gmail.com

Online published on 1 September, 2016.

Abstract

Qualitative research is a generic term for investigative methodologies described as ethnographic, naturalistic, anthropological, field, or participant observer research. There are many method of collection of data in the qualitative research method amoungst them FGD is one. Focus Group is a type of in-depth interview accomplished in a group, whose meetings present characteristics defined with respect to the proposal, size, composition, and interview procedures. This paper highlights about the different aspects of FGD

Keywords

Qualitative research, focus group discussion, interview