In Asking Questions, Researchers Have Two Basic Options - the Open-Ended

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Multiple Choice

In asking questions, researchers have two basic options - the Open-ended questions and Closed-ended questions. Each of these can accommodate certain variations. Let us say the respondent is asked, "What do you feel is the most important crime problem facing the police in your city today?" and be provided with a space to write in the answer or be asked to report it orally to an interviewer) . This is an example of _____.

• A) Open-ended Questions
• B) Closed-Ended Questions
• C) Simple opinion based Questions
• D) General Social Survey Questions

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