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How do focus groups work? - Hector Lanz

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Focus groups have been widely used by organizations and individuals to find out how their products and ideas will be received by an audience. From the usage of household products to a politician’s popularity, almost everything can be explored with this technique. But how are focus groups put together? And how did they come about in the first place? Hector Lanz explains how focus groups work.

Which of the following would be a better question for a focus group and why? How many headphones do you own? Why would you buy more than one headphone?

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  • Educator Hector Lanz
  • Director Dmitry Yagodin
  • Script Editor Alex Gendler
  • Producer Vessela Dantcheva
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  • Designer Dmitry Yagodin
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  • Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
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  • Narrator Addison Anderson

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