Closed-ended question
Ordinal-scale questions
Respondents are asked to decide where they fit along a scale continuum. These questions contain an ordered set of answers. A common ordinal scale asks about levels of satisfaction.[1]
Close ended questions
A closed-ended question contrasts with an open-ended question, which cannot be answered with a simple "yes" or "no", or with a specific piece of information, and which gives the person answering the question scope to give the information that seems to them to be appropriate. Open-ended questions are sometimes phrased as a statement which requires a response.
Examples of close-ended questions:
- Were you born in 1970?
- Is the capital of France Paris?
- Did you steal the money?
At the same time, there are closed-ended questions which are sometimes impossible to answer correctly with a yes or no without confusion, for example: "Have you stopped taking heroin?" (if you never took it), see "Loaded question".
See also
References
- ↑ Dillman D., Smyth J., & Christioan LM. (2009) Internet and Mixed-Mode Surveys. The Tailored Design Method. John Wiley & Sons. New Jersey
- Howard Schuman & Stanley Presser (October 1979). "The Open and Closed Question". American Sociological Review. 44 (5): 692–712. JSTOR 2094521. doi:10.2307/2094521.