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Multi-source Focus Group

The multi-source focus group method extends the standard focus group design by deliberately recruiting participants from two or more distinct stakeholder groups — for example, clinicians and patients, teachers and students, or managers and frontline staff. Separate sessions are held for each source group using a shared discussion protocol, and the resulting data are analyzed both within each group and across groups to reveal convergences, tensions, and perspectives that no single-source design could uncover.

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Multi-source Focus Group Method

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  1. Krueger, R. A., & Casey, M. A. (2015). Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied Research (5th ed.). Sage. · ISBN 978-1483365244

  2. Morgan, D. L. (1997). Focus Groups as Qualitative Research (2nd ed.). Sage. · ISBN 978-0761903437

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