Package: FocusGroup 0.5.2

FocusGroup: Focus Group Simulation Using LLM Agents

Moderated focus group discussions simulated with large language models. Participants carry personas built from respondent records or labeled survey files. A session runs under a specified turn-taking rule, and one turn can be experimentally manipulated to measure its effect on the next.

Authors:Ali Sanaei [aut, cre]

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DESCRIPTION |NEWS
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FocusGroup/json (API)

# Install 'FocusGroup' in R:
install.packages('FocusGroup', repos = c('https://asanaei.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Bug tracker:https://github.com/asanaei/focusgroup/issues

Pkgdown/docs site:https://asanaei.github.io

On CRAN:

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Exports:analyze_focus_groupConversationFlowcreate_agentscreate_agents_from_datacreate_agents_from_surveycreate_conversation_flowFGAgentfocus_group_from_transcriptFocusGroupget_default_prompt_templatesrun_focus_grouprun_focus_studio

Dependencies:askpassbase64encbitbit64cachemclicliprcodetoolscpp11crayoncurldigestdplyrfastmapforcatsfuturefuture.applygenericsglobalsgluehavenhmshttr2jsonlitelifecyclelistenvLLMRmagrittrmemoisemimeopensslparallellypillarpkgconfigprettyunitsprogresspurrrR6readrrlangstringistringrsystibbletidyrtidyselecttzdbutf8vctrsvroomwithr

Focus Group Analysis
Analyze simulated and imported transcripts | Run a focus group | Run descriptive analysis offline | Opt in to model analysis | Import and analyze an existing transcript | Construct the objects directly | Interpretation
Rendered fromfocus-group-analysis.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdown

Last update: 2026-07-22
Started: 2025-05-23

FocusGroup Architecture
Architecture | Main functions | Offline execution and replay | Running a session | Messages and prompts | Stored data | Analysis | Extending the package
Rendered fromarchitecture.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdown

Last update: 2026-07-22
Started: 2025-08-28