This updated edition of Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied Research walks readers step by step through the "how-tos" of conducting focus group research. Using an engaging, straightforward writing style, authors Richard A. Krueger and Mary Anne Casey draw on their many years of hands-on experience in the field to cut through theory and offer practical guidance on every facet of the focus group process, including tips for avoiding problems and pitfalls. The Fifth Edition is updated with the latest research and technological innovations and includes new coverage on planning with analysis.

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Overview of focus groups -- Planning the focus group study -- Developing a questioning route -- Participants in a focus group -- Moderating skills -- Analyzing focus group results -- Reporting -- Styles of focus group research -- Focus group interviewing with young people -- International and cross-cultural focus group interviewing -- Telephone and internet focus group interviewing -- Focus group interviewing within the organization -- Modifications of focus groups -- Answering questions about the quality of focus group research.