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
Looking to explore attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors in depth?
#FocusGroups are a powerful and flexible qualitative method to uncover rich insights. By fostering interaction, they reveal not just individual opinions but the dynamics of how ideas evolve in a group. Plan thoughtfully, moderate skillfully, and analyze effectively with tools like #QDAcity.
Learn more here: https://qdacity.com/focus-group/
#QualitativeResearch #QDA #ResearchMethods #CAQDAS
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
@jeffjarvis I remember Jay Leno’s “Jaywalk Allstars” segments when he corralled people on the street and asked them questions any third grader could answer. The responses were hilarious and cringe. Obviously Leno cherry-picked results, but the real gut punch is that people this dumb could even be found. With today’s non-scientific #focusGroups and #Polls, go meta — ask what is the real purpose? Is there an agenda or are the people running it just stupid? You’ll find both.
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
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/
The Chatbots Are Now Talking to Each Other
ChatGPT-style chatbots that pretend to be people are being used to help companies develop new product and marketing ideas.
https://www.wired.com/story/fast-forward-the-chatbots-are-now-talking-to-each-other/ #chatbots #AI #marketing #characters #SyntheticHumans #FocusGroups
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.
(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…
We are seeking a #specialist in #qualitative #research with an #intergenerational perspective. Skills in working with #youngpeople will be particularly welcome. Our data will include #interviews, #focusgroups, and #visualdata. There will be opportunities for involvement in #impact activities, especially in the later stages of the project. You will report to the Principal Investigator, Professor Alison Bowes.
Apply by 18 June: https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/work-at-stirling/list/details/?jobId=3612&jobTitle=Research%20Fellow%20(Qualitative)
How #AudienceTesting Works
https://www.stitcher.com/show/stuff-you-should-know/episode/selects-how-audience-testing-works-304322436
Did you know some of our most beloved #movies originally had different, sometimes better, endings? That is until they were #tested in front of #focusgroups. Learn all about the how, what, and why of #audience #testing in this classic #episode.
#USA #SocialMedia #FocusGroups #Twitter #UserResearch #Facebook #TikTok: "In the discussions, participants described how platforms served different purposes for them and helped them connect with different audiences. One participant described looking for specific things on TikTok, while another used it mostly to disconnect from life’s pressures; another turned to Twitter to follow politics; still others mentioned using platforms for entertainment or as a way to find solutions to problems they were dealing with.
Several highly engaged users described Facebook as a place to connect and interact with others, and one woman discussed how she uses different platforms for different groups of people in her life. A range of platforms came up throughout the discussions, including some beyond those the research initially set out to explore."
Interesting #PrePrint by @milahall et al!
Feedback to therapists based on ecological momentary assessment (EMA) data collected before psychological therapy:
https://psyarxiv.com/xjb8m/
Patients recorded EMA data (2 weeks; 4 pings per day; https://psyarxiv.com/8deyj/) and therapists were provided with a network model, a sleep diagram & a list of reported difficult events.
In #FocusGroups therapists provided insights into how to further personalise data for clinical application.
#SpeakNoEvil 2022 #HorrorMovies is in the queue tonight, I'm well fed and I have a #GinAndTonic at hand, blankets, check, kids moving towards bed, check. Partner already snuggled up with a book; all is right with the world. We'll work on designing in silico studies to examine off target effects of medications to improve #Emphysema and #COPD tomorrow. Oh yeah and and writing that grant that will fund #FocusGroups of people using #Cannabis for #SexualHealth? Also tomorrow.
See you then friends!
The Royal Society of Chemistry needs your input on #ResearchCulture:
"Share your views on what a positive science culture should look like for the chemical sciences. Registration is now open to join our science culture focus groups 👉" https://www.rsc.org/news-events/articles/2023/01-january/science-culture-focus-groups/
The groups will be held on Feb 1 and 16. HT Karen Stroobants on Twitter
#RoyalSocietyOfChemistry #FocusGroups #Chemistry #AcademicMastodon #PhDchat #DiversityAndInclusion
Before this 10 December one, we have had 4 previous editions of the DMU Privacy Round Table with 5-30 participants each time, all of which have fed into our (Isabel Wagner, myself, and colleagues') research - papers, bids, even part inspired Isabel's book. Topics have included #smartmeters #DPIA #surveillance #healthdata #surveillancecapitalism #privacyrisk #dataprotection #privacy #research #focusgroups #practice.
Thanks @xot for reminder re hashtags.
🚨🚨NEW PREPRINT ALERT! 🚨🚨 Have you ever wondered why #focusgroups have moderators, and whether we really *need* them? Our pre-print tests a novel remotely-moderated focus group design and evaluates how groups can effectively manage their discussions. www.psyarxiv.com/f7qvy/ This paper has been a mammoth effort that started in 2018 😅 I hope it’ll be interesting and/or useful to #psychologists, #marketing or #socialresearchers interested in #qualitative group talk and discussion! 🗣️🗣️🗣️
RT @EIPAGRI_SP: 📣 Call for 3⃣ new #EIPAgri #FocusGroups now launched
✅ Enhancing #biodiversity on farmland via HDLF
✅ #Socialfarming & innovations
✅ Recovery of abandoned agricultural lands
Apply before 19 September 2022
👍Spread the word!
RT @EIPAGRI_SP: 💡 Suggest topics for #EIPagri #FocusGroups
Temporary groups of selected experts focus on a specific topic, sharing knowledge and experience.
Have you got an idea for a topic? You can always submit your ideas...
👉https://ow.ly/ne9A50IVQZY
