Focus Groups: Contributing to a Gender-Aware Methodology
探讨焦点小组作为一种开放群体访谈方法，如何帮助经济学研究摆脱狭隘理论假设、嵌入生活背景，并促进强客观性，尤其在女性群体或性别议题中可贡献于女性主义方法论。
A focus group is an open group interview from which research hypotheses can be derived. It enables economic research to step down from its narrow theoretical assumptions and to embed research questions in a life context. It also can contribute to strong objectivity and when done in women's groups and/or on gender issues, focus groups can contribute to a feminist methodology. Experience from a focus group by the author held in Africa has indicated how diverse and enriching economic notions can become, when discussed in a group, before the research has started.