What Is the Biggest Problem with Having Closed Questions on a Survey

question 10

Multiple Choice

What is the biggest problem with having closed questions on a survey or in an experiment?

• A)The choice of possible answers is critical and if not done properly, can lead to misleading information.
• B)The participants' responses are hard to categorize or summarize.
• C)There is no problem with closed questions; they provide the most accurate information by offering certain explicit choices.
• D)You have to worry more about how a closed question is worded than how an open question is worded.

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