Social Science Methods: Focus Groups—CONVERGE Extreme Events Research Check Sheets Series

This check sheet provides an overview of the focus group method and outlines considerations for researchers who wish to conduct focus groups. Strategies for developing a discussion guide, recruiting participants, and ensuring successful group interactions are included. About the CONVERGE Extreme Events Research Check Sheets Series: The National Science Foundation-supported CONVERGE facility at the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder has developed a series of short, graphical check sheets that are meant to be used as researchers design their studies, prepare to enter the field, conduct field research, and exit the field. The series offers best practices for extreme events research and includes check sheets that are free to the research community. More information is available at: https://converge.colorado.edu/resources/check-sheets.