Refocusing on Qualitative Methods: Problems and Prospects for Research in a Specific Asian Context

• Main Author: Kong, Lily
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1998
• Subjects: Focus groups; research methods; Asia; Singapore; Asian Studies; Higher Education; Theory, Knowledge and Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1808; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3065/viewcontent/RefocusQualitatitiveMethods_1998.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

A recent issue of Area (1996, Volume 28.2) devoted space to six papers on focus groups, attesting to their increasing importance as a means of obtaining qualitative data. The papers provided interesting insights into the use of focus groups in specific research and cultural contexts, and raised thre...