Interviews and focus groups
Abstract
Although not without their limitations, interviews can be powerful tools. Targeted discussions with potential users and stakeholders can help human-computer interaction researchers understand needs, challenges, reactions to new tools, and uses of tools in practice. Conducting effective interviews requires careful consideration of who to involve as participants and how the sessions might be structured, with possibilities ranging from completely structured interviews to semistructured and unstructured interviews. Contextual interviews focusing on close examination of work done in context, have also proven useful. Focus groups involving multiple participants can be useful for understanding a range of ...
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