The evaluator should describe the issue and/or problem and state the evaluation questions. He or she should also describe the reasons for selecting focus group research and perhaps the advantage of using this methodology over other methods. Next he or she should give specific details about the focus groups including the number of groups, the selection of participants, the number of participants, the setting, and the questions themselves. In the result section the evaluator should summarize the results. This does not necessarily mean that he or she should summarize the answers to each question. It is better to discuss the themes and show how they help us understand the issue being examined. In the discussion section, connections to other similar studies should be mentioned and recommendations for future studies or new programming should be mentioned. One advantage to using focus group data in evaluation reports is that you can use actual quotes from participants as illustrations of your findings and this brings a lively tone to the report which non-evaluators
The evaluator should describe the issue and/or problem and state the evaluation questions. He or she should also describe the reasons for selecting focus group research and perhaps the advantage of using this methodology over other methods. Next he or she should give specific details about the focus groups including the number of groups, the selection of participants, the number of participants, the setting, and the questions themselves. In the result section the evaluator should summarize the results. This does not necessarily mean that he or she should summarize the answers to each question. It is better to discuss the themes and show how they help us understand the issue being examined. In the discussion section, connections to other similar studies should be mentioned and recommendations for future studies or new programming should be mentioned. One advantage to using focus group data in evaluation reports is that you can use actual quotes from participants as illustrations of your findings and this brings a lively tone to the report which non-evaluators