Explain what it means for a question to be mutually exclusive and exhaustive. Why is this important for data collection?

What will be an ideal response?


Mutually exclusive--a variable's attributes (or values) are mutually exclusive when every case can be classified as having only one attribute (or value; exhaustive--offer at least one option with room for ambiguity; respondents may skip questions or make up answers, therefore affecting the data collected.

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