Résumés
Résumé
Comme méthode d’observation, le groupe témoin est utilisé par un nombre grandissant de chercheurs, aussi bien pour le travail sur le terrain que dans des sphères spécialisées. Cette méthode consiste à rassembler des personnes en vue de recueillir des opinions ou des réactions sur un thème particulier à l’aide de questions ouvertes ou fermées. La formalisation des groupes témoins en tant que méthode en géographie fut réalisée à compter des années 1980 à la suite d’une étude sur les valeurs environnementales et les espaces publics. Les groupes témoins permettent des échanges directs et s’avèrent une méthode particulièrement intéressante pour réaliser des entrevues. Les groupes témoins téléphoniques, en particulier, font ressortir l’importance du rôle de pilote que tient le modérateur.
Mots-clés:
- Groupe témoin,
- participant,
- recherche,
- méthode,
- géographie,
- société,
- contexte
Abstract
Focus groups provide a method of observation used by an increasing number of researchers in field research, specialized or otherwise. The method consists in bringing together a small group of individuals as a sample of a larger population group in order to collect opinions or reactions concerning a predetermined theme, using mainly closed questions. The formal use of focus groups in geography began in the 1980s with a study on environmental values and public spaces. The benefits derived from this flexible interviewing method depend on the moderator’s steering ability as revealed during direct exchanges between participants. The talents required of focus group moderators in their steering of the group are best identified in telephone focus groups.
Keywords:
- Focus group,
- participant,
- research,
- method,
- geography,
- society,
- context
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