What is wrong with this question?
What is your annual income? (please check)
___ 10,000 25,000
___ 25,000 40,000
___ 40,000 55,000
___ 55,000 70,000
a. The categories are not of equal ranges.
b. The alternatives are not realistic.
c. The categories are not mutually exclusive.
d. The categories are too broad.
e. The categories are too narrow.
Question 2
The best way to insure that the response categories offered in a multichotomous question are exhaustive is to
a. provide an other category.
b. provide a space for respondents to write in their answer, such as e. __________..
c. use at least ten categories.
d. use at least fifteen categories.
e. do extensive prior research before formulating the response categories.
