Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Research Focus Group

The Research Department at Spurwink began working on a focus group study to get feedback about our residential treatment services. Before we decided to buy a recorder, we thought to ask Sonia if we could borrow the digital recorder that she uses for podcasts. Luckily, she was not using it during the focus groups and we now have it on loan. It has proven more than adequate for our recording needs of the focus group study. I’m glad this grant is helping the Research Department. Thanks Sonia!

2 comments:

Sonia said...

Kevin, Recording digitally allows for the easy transfer of files, transcribing and archiving. Pleased that your research project is benefiting from the grant.

Kevin said...

That's true Sonia. We found it was a lot easier for us all to listen to the study individually and not have to trade tapes around. Also, since it's not on a tape, you don’t have to rewind/fast forward manually. So much easier!