What is the difference between open-ended and closed-ended questions?

What will be an ideal response?


An initial open-ended question seeks a full-undirected narrative response. A clarifying open-ended question seeks to complete or expand on the information already given. A closed-ended question requires a yes or no or otherwise brief response.

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In the 2011 case of Brown v. Plata, the Supreme Court ______.

A. expanded the definition of cruel and unusual punishment B. set prisoner rights to basic human needs back by decades C. clarified the definition of a prisoner as being a "slave of the state" D. excluded double celling as a form of cruel and unusual punishment

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In ___________ each individual has a voice in decisions, but top management still has the ultimate decision-making authority

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Knowledge is typically constructed from:

a. a single perspective b. multiple perspectives c. the critical realist perspective d. structural positivism

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What custody-level prison is Mike in?

a. maximum b. minimum c. medium d. campus

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