[1] Qualitative research methodologies are oriented towards developing an understanding of the meaning and experience dimensions of human lives and their social worlds.
Sullivan et al. (2018, p. 17) identify some commonly occurring features of qualitative research in Psychology:[3] The work of Yvonna Lincoln and Egon Guba is an example of a contribution to the field of qualitative research.
[6] Some of the features of focus-group discussions include each member's participation, a number of consecutive meetings, common characteristics of members with respect to interests, the collection of qualitative data, and discussion that is focused on a topic that is determined by the purposes of the research.
[7] One of the main purposes of focus-group discussions is to get insight into each participant's phenomenological world, including the individual's thinking, perceiving, and feeling, which may be largely independent of a group or its cultural and social settings.
Focus-group discussions help in elaborating the different viewpoints and emotional processes of each member within a group.