Depth Interviews can help you explore particularly sensitive topics. They allow a rapport to be built up with the individuals, which enables the interviewer to probe feelings and thoughts that may not be revealed in a group discussion or on paper. But they are time-consuming and difficult to analyse. And they may not be representative. Citizens Juries are a structured method of obtaining detailed, considered views from people on particular issues.
Juries demand considerable commitment from people.
The issue itself should be important enough to justify the time, effort and cost involved. Deliberative Poll where a representative sample of people is initially polled on an issue. They then learn more about the topic through being given information, asking questions and participating in discussion, and at the end of the process are polled again. As you can see, each type of research has its own uses, advantages and disadvantages. The Panel cannot at present be used for Focus Group work.