title: Focus group research.
abstract: A focus group is usually understood as a group of people brought together by a researcher to interact as a group. Focus group research explicitly uses interaction as part of its methodology. This article summarises the practice of running focus groups, explores the nature of focus group data and provides an example of focus group analysis.
authors.affiliation: Middlesex University, London, England.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Traynor
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000295:instrumentation; D017144:Focus Groups / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D012107:Research Design; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Data collection; focus groups; interaction; qualitative research; research methods