Are you interested in sharing your opinions and insights while earning extra income? We are seeking enthusiastic individuals to participate in our focus groups on a part-time basis.

Requirements:
-Must be located in USA (for in-person sessions or have reliable internet access for remote sessions).

#focusgroup #marketresearch #financial #usa #money #focusquota #finance #opinions #makemoney #focusgroups

Is #America Ready to #Elect a #Female #President?

Here’s what I learned from watching more than twenty #focusgroups.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Politics #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #AntiSemitism #Homophobia #Misogyny #Racism #Transphobia #WhiteSupremacy #Xenophobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews #Megathread

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/is-america-ready-to-elect-a-female-president-kamala-harris-glass-ceiling

I am not a fan of typical focus groups: moderator presiding over group discussions. However, I find clients still ask. I try to steer them towards interviews or dynamic workshop experiences. Nevertheless, I appreciate this academic research on removing the moderator and allowing the discussion to flow. This is something to consider in situations where the topic won't make someone feel vulnerable but open to conversation

#researchmethods #servicedesign #focusgroups

https://phys.org/news/2023-11-focus-groups-moderator.amp

Taking open access to the next level, by giving control to researchers, instead of to academic publishers

Back in February 2022, Walled Culture wrote about diamond open access (OA), perhaps the “purest” form of open access publishing, since there are no charges for either the reader or the researcher. In that post, I mentioned an excellent 2021 report on diamond OA, published by the open access group cOAlition S. The group has been doing great work in promoting open …

#academicPublishers #coalitionS #control #diamondOa #focusGroups #openAccess #peerReview #planS #preprint #profits #survey

https://walledculture.org/taking-open-access-to-the-next-level-by-giving-control-to-researchers-instead-of-to-academic-publishers/

My Practical Planning & Conducting Focus Groups workshop yesterday went really well!

"Awesome", as one participant said.

It was part of the Research Education & Development (RED) Griffith University Consulting Groups Research Methods workshops. https://events.griffith.edu.au/event/b293760a-ed46-4147-b5b7-f67add6429df/summary

Feel free to let me know if you want to view the workshop, and I can send you a private link.

#FocusGroups #MixedMethods

(How much do youth know about #ClimateChange ? And where can #educators do better including #BlackVoices in the climate change discussion?

It's these questions a new project targeting #Black #WindsorEssex #Ontario #students aims to answer, as a series of #FocusGroups kick off exploring these and other questions about #climate change and #environmental #racism )
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6924606

Rewatching The Thick of It episode with the focus group of one (“How did it play with the focus groups?” “She loved it”… “Why did you say ‘she’?!”) - and the thing that most sticks out is Ollie saying ‘94% [of the focus groups] approve or strongly approve [of the policy]’: which feels a *worse* misuse of #FocusGroups…

(#QualResearch #AudienceResearch)