Focus Group Community Analysis
My design mission began with a series of focus groups to gather as much information possible. Focus groups were used as “a data collection method used to reveal people’s thoughts, perceptions, and experiences” related to this project (Wayne 2013, 264). We returned to the homes of the families that opted into the focus group and asked them to meet us at certain locations based on whether they were men, women or children. The women were to meet in my quarters on that Friday night while the children were to meet in Raquel’s home that Friday afternoon while their parents were still at work. The men were asked to meet at Trevor’s quarters on Saturday afternoon. At this time, I also brought the IRB approved parental consent forms for the parents of the child participants to sign.
Before the focus groups began, I reviewed the results of the surveys to create planning points. The summation of the results were that most people thought the largest issue occurring was the intracommunity violence. They replied that their favorite childhood activities were …show more content…
Moreover, we needed to establish a way to measure change and happiness in the community center and surrounding community. Being that we measured the unhappiness of the community by lack of community involvement in positive activities and the presence of the high crime rate, I concluded that tracking the number of people that volunteered at the centered, attended the classes, and attended the performance saturdays would give a measure of the community involvement. Community members would be asked to submit feedback on performance days on the classes and personal development that could them be studied for happiness measurements and the crime rates could be monitored from week to
Before the focus groups began, I reviewed the results of the surveys to create planning points. The summation of the results were that most people thought the largest issue occurring was the intracommunity violence. They replied that their favorite childhood activities were …show more content…
Moreover, we needed to establish a way to measure change and happiness in the community center and surrounding community. Being that we measured the unhappiness of the community by lack of community involvement in positive activities and the presence of the high crime rate, I concluded that tracking the number of people that volunteered at the centered, attended the classes, and attended the performance saturdays would give a measure of the community involvement. Community members would be asked to submit feedback on performance days on the classes and personal development that could them be studied for happiness measurements and the crime rates could be monitored from week to