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sheilaspns

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What is the biggest problem with having open questions on a survey or in an experiment?
 a. The participants' responses are difficult to summarize or categorize.
  b. You have to worry more about how an open question is worded than how a closed question is worded.
  c. There is no problem with open questions; they provide the most accurate information about how a person really feels.
  d. None of the above.

Question 2

Suppose you designed a survey with only closed questions, and for each question you included other' as one of the possible answers. Suppose for one of the questions you found that 75 of the respondents chose other'. Explain why this is not a good thing, and what could have been done to prevent it.



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Answer to Question 1

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THIS IS NOT GOOD BECAUSE THE MOST POPULAR CHOICES WERE NOT OFFERED ON THE SURVEY, AND YOU LOST INFORMATION REGARDING WHAT THOSE CHOICES SHOULD HAVE BEEN. TO PREVENT THIS, CONDUCT A PILOT STUDY BEFOREHAND IN OPEN QUESTION FORM, AND INCLUDE THE MOST POPULAR ANSWERS AS CHOICES ON THE FINAL (CLOSED) VERSION OF THE QUESTION.





 

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