The Importance Of Focus Group Interview

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INTRODUCTION Experiencing focus group interview for the first time it was not easy. I was assigned by my lecturer to do an assignment by conducted one interview which is focus group interview. It was not my first time heard about focus group interview because I was learned the theory before in research method class however I am never experiencing this method. It has been stated by Debbie (2006) the main feature of focus group interview is a clear use of group interaction as data to explore insights that would otherwise remain hidden. Usually the focus group interview consist about five to ten person gather in one session to voice out their opinion about the topic that researcher wants to study( Debbie,2006). This is same what has been asked …show more content…

Then, the topic that has been given was Exam. So from that topic I was chosen the subtopic from examination which is examination malpractices. I was so curious to know actually how the students trying to cheat during examination and test or quizzes. So that I came out with this topic and it is interesting to know that they use are various ways to cheat in exam. The interview session has been conducted on 5th December 2014 started at 8.30 pm to 10.30 p.m. The venue to do this focus group interview at Kuliyyah of Human Sciences. Meanwhile, the reasons why I selected focus group as a fieldwork because apart from it was an assignment, it also exposing me to experience the fieldwork by interviewing people together for one time. Then, by focus group interview I can learn how to deal with people and also can get more information and idea. In addition, this research method has widely used by other researchers. As been stated by Debbie (2006), review of on-line databases and social sciences academic journals shows a steady use of focus groups as a research tool (Barbour and Kitzinger 1999; Morgan 1997). Other than that, by using focus group interview, it can helps generate data and insights which may be inaccessible when respondents were interviewed individually

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