Which of the Following Is an Advantage of Using Closed

question 46

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an advantage of using closed rather than open questions in a survey?

• A) Closed questions allow researchers to probe the complexities of a subject.
• B) Closed questions are faster for subjects to answer and easier for researchers to score.
• C) Closed questions allow subjects to give any possible answer and do not lock the subject into any sort of response.
• D) One can improve the quality of open questions by conducting a pretest with closed questions to find categories that matter to respondents.
• E) Analyzing the responses from closed questions is usually less straightforward than from open questions.

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