Question

Magine that you are trying to rewrite a survey. you find a multiple-choice question that asks, "what is your favorite recreational activity?" and gives three response options: watching television, shopping, or sports. you add a fourth response option, "other," and invite respondents to write an activity of their choice. what kind of question have you just made?

a. quantitative
b. closed-ended
c. open-ended
d. reductionist

Answer 1

The answer is C. The question is considered open-ended because there’s a free-form mode of responding made available by the addition of an “other” option where respondents can write down their answer without being restricted to the choices you have given.

Answer 2

I believe the answer is C. open-ended
open-ended refers to the type of question that being done in order to ecnourage/ignite answers with deep meaning (emotional response)
While other type of questions could be done in a yes or no format, open-ended questions could only be done in essay format.