Halkier, B. (2010). Focus Groups as Social Enactments: Integrating Interaction and Content in the Analysis of Focus Group Data.

Ideas for analyzing focus groups with an emphasis on the interaction in the group are presented here as a practical orientation.

Halkier, B. (2010). Focus groups as social enactments: Integrating interaction and content in the analysis of focus group data. Qualitative Research, 10(1), 71–89.

Abutabenjeh, S., & Jaradat, R. (2018). Clarification of research design, research methods, and research methodology: A guide for public administration researchers and practitioners.

This article aims at a clarification of the term ‘research design’ by comparing the concepts of three prominent authors in the field (Babbie, O’Sullivan and Creswell). The approach is comparative in nature and clarifying the authors’ concepts of research design and the role of research methods. A number of students’ questions are presented and suggestions for how to answer them in a research design as understood as a research proposal.

Abutabenjeh, S., & Jaradat, R. (2018). Clarification of research design, research methods, and research methodology: A guide for public administration researchers and practitioners. Teaching Public Administration, 36(3), 237–258. https://doi.org/10.1177/0144739418775787