Lessons Learned Using Web Conference Technology for Online Focus Group Interviews
Lessons Learned Using Web Conference Technology for Online Focus Group Interviews
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DOI：
10.1177/1049732314549602
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发表时间：
2015-01-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Tuttas, Carol A.
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作者：
Tuttas, Carol A.
研究人员在定性研究中使用互联网技术收集数据。在文献中已经发表了同步（实时）和更常见的异步（非实时）焦点小组数据收集方法，这些方法由互联网技术以电子邮件通信、LISTSERVs、讨论板和聊天室的形式支持。实时视听网络会议技术为定性研究人员开展焦点小组研究提供了一种很有前途的替代手段。在这篇方法学文章中，我描述了我如何使用网络会议技术主持在线焦点小组，对分散在美国各地的旅行护士的工作整合经验进行定性研究。我描述了使用这种创新方法进行定性数据收集的经验教训，包括对使用听写软件进行转录的简要概述。这一新知识对考虑网络会议技术的研究人员在定性研究中开展焦点小组数据收集有帮助。
Researchers use Internet technology for data collection in qualitative studies. In the literature there are published accounts of synchronous (real-time) and more commonly, asynchronous (not-real-time) focus group data collection methods supported by Internet technology in the form of email correspondence, LISTSERVs, discussion boards, and chat rooms. Real-time audiovisual Web conference technology offers qualitative researchers a promising alternative means to carry out focus groups. In this methodological article I describe how I used Web conference technology to host online focus groups for a qualitative study about job integration experiences of travel nurses geographically dispersed across the United States. I describe lessons learned from the use of this innovative method for qualitative data collection, including a brief overview about the use of dictation software for transcription. This new knowledge is useful to researchers considering Web conference technology to carry out focus group data collection in qualitative research.