Journal
QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH
Volume 26, Issue 6, Pages 741-749Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1049732316631510
Keywords
qualitative methods; qualitative analysis; online; research; qualitative; focus groups; violence
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development [5R21HD066306-02]
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Online focus group discussions (FGDs) are becoming popular as a qualitative research method. Methodological examinations regarding the data quality of online versus more traditional in-person FGDs are limited. We compared two online FGDs with two in-person FGDs conducted with gay and bisexual men using a sensitive topic (the experience of intimate partner violence) to examine differences in data quality between the two methods. The online FGDs resulted in larger word count but were shorter in time than the in-person FGDs. There was high overlap in the themes generated across groups; however, the online discussions yielded one additional theme regarding a sensitive topic. In-person FGDs involved less sharing of in-depth stories, whereas sensitive topics were discussed more candidly in the online FGDs. The results illustrate that although the format of the data generated from each type of FGD may differ, the content of the data generated is remarkably similar.
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