Focus groups can provide more nuanced and unfiltered feedback than individual interviews and are easier to organize than experiments or largesurveys. However, their small size leads to lowexternal validityand the temptation as a researcher to “cherry-pick” responses that fit your hypotheses. ...
To me it’s a place where my surplus labor is taken and used for the gains of others. It takes me away from my partner and children and it makes me too tired to focus on worthwhile endeavors. But on the other hand—maybe it’s the catalyst for all this escapism? I worked at sever...
which is one of the more impressive meetup groups I’ve seen around the world. Scott Discroll who will be speaking at the Bitcoin Consumer Fair runs that one. I run the other group, which is more focused on business and technology, this has about 50 members. There actually...
Researching Honors through Focus Groups, Interviews, and Surveys: Success vs. Deficiency-based Research MethodsThis session reviews the results of honors program surveys, compares quantitative honors data to the college general population, and discusses the results of extensive honors qualitative research....
Focus groupsare sessions where a group of participants will meet at the same time, and are typically moderated by someone on your team. These studies may be conducted online, over the phone, or in person. Unmoderated tasksare usually surveys or user tests where the participant completes ...
In ‘Disintegration’, two separate groups of survivors collide. One of the groups has survived through stealth and silence, the other through brute force –literally ‘harvesting’ the dead. They’re backed into a corner and have to fight to survive. Problem is, no-one’s willing to back ...
Launched this April, Amuka Esports is an incubation company with a focus on the casual gaming market. Ben Feferman, the CEO of Amuka Esports, has played video games like Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! and NHLPA Hockey ’93 since he was five years old. “Those were the games that really tran...
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InONE, I also wanted to explore how a totalitarian party might take advantage of the climate crisis to secure power. In Europe, several far-right groups have adopted the clothes of an environmental agenda to promote nationalist policies. In my novel, on the surface, the UK appears to be doi...
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