CLOSED QUESTIONS

• WHAT HAPPENS IN CLOSED QUESTIONS?

  participants are restricted to a specific response with no elaboration
• WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS IN CLOSED QUESTIONS?

  select an answer from a list of fixed responses
• WHERE ARE CLOSED QUESTIONS MOST COMMON IN?

  questionnaires
• WHAT TYPE OF DATA DO CLOSED QUESTIONS PROVIDE?

  quantitative data
• WHAT CAN THE DATA PROVIDED BY CLOSED QUESTIONS DO?

  easily establish patterns, allowing them to be statistically analysed and visually displayed in a graph
• WHAT DOES THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND VISUAL DISPLAY OF QUANTITAVE DATA HELP?

  form conclusions about differences and relationships
• WHAT IS AN ISSUE WITH CLOSED QUESTION'S DATA?

  lacks detail, therefore decreasing validity
• WHY IS VALIDITY DECREASED BY THE LACK OF DETAIL IN CLOSED QUESTIONS?

  may not get an accurate reflection of participants thoughts
• WHAT IS ANOTHER ISSUE WITH CLOSED QUESTIONS WITH MULTIPLE CHOICE?

  participants choose options at random creating a response bias
• WRITING FRAME FOR A CLOSED QUESTION?

  give a list of options after question