Confronta i metodi

	Intervista semi-strutturata faccia a faccia	Focus Group Research
Campo	Metodologia delle indagini	Qualitativo
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	1940s onward; widely codified in the 1980s–1990s	1940s (sociological origin); modern applied form from the 1980s–1990s
Ideatore	Rooted in sociological interview traditions; systematised by researchers including Robert Merton and Paul Lazarsfeld (focused interview, 1940s) and later elaborated by Steinar Kvale	Robert K. Merton (sociological precursor, 1940s); popularised in applied research by Richard A. Krueger
Tipo	Qualitative data collection technique	Qualitative data collection method
Fonte seminale	Bryman, A. (2016). Social Research Methods (5th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780198722519	Krueger, R.A. & Casey, M.A. (2014). Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied Research (5th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1483365244
Alias	in-person semi-structured interview, semi-structured personal interview, guided face-to-face interview, FFSSI	focus group discussion, FGD, group interview, Odak Grup Araştırması
Correlati	6	6
Sintesi	A face-to-face semi-structured interview is a qualitative data collection technique in which a researcher meets a participant in person and follows a prepared topic guide of open-ended questions while retaining the flexibility to probe, reorder, and explore emerging themes. It combines the consistency of a predetermined agenda with the depth and responsiveness of an open dialogue, making it one of the most widely used methods in qualitative and mixed-methods research across the social, health, and educational sciences.	Focus group research is a qualitative data-collection method in which a trained moderator guides structured discussions with homogeneous groups of six to ten participants to explore ideas, attitudes, and perceptions on a defined topic. Developed from sociological roots in the 1940s and systematised for applied research by Krueger and Casey, the method leverages group interaction as a data source — revealing not just what people think, but how they negotiate and articulate views in a social setting.