Open-Ended Questions Permit Respondents to Answer in Their Own Words

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True/False

Open-ended questions permit respondents to answer in their own words rather than by choosing responses from set categories.

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Definitions:

Self-Serving Biases

Cognitive biases that lead to perceiving oneself in a favorable manner, often by attributing success to internal factors and failures to external factors.

Attributions

Explanations one gives for the causes of events, behaviors, and outcomes, often as internal (personal) or external (situational) factors.

Success

The achievement of a set goal, target, or objective.

Failure

The state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, often perceived as the opposite of success.