They take more time to give and evaluate the responses. The information is also restricted to who responds to the survey.
1 OPEN ENDED QUESTION
What grade do you think you will get on the quiz this week?
2 OPEN ENDED QUESTION
Easy to score or compare results.
Advantage of open-ended questions
1 Closed-ended Question
What grade do you think you will get on the quiz this week? A B C D
What do you like to do after school?
You can get a large number of responses and opinions.
Benefit of Closed-ended question
2 Closed-ended Question
What do you like to do after school? Play sports Study Read Sleep
Disadvantages of open-ended questions
Disadvantage to close-ended questions
Responses are limited to preset answers. Participants can not choose something else.
