What are the advantages and disadvantages of closed-ended questions?

What will be an ideal response?


Students should identify and explain:
A) Advantages of closed-ended questions:
(1) It is easier and quicker for respondents to answer.
(2) The answers of different respondents are easier to compare.
(3) Answers are easier to code and statistically analyze.
B) Disadvantages of closed-ended questions:
(1) They can suggest ideas that the respondent would not otherwise have.
(2) Respondents with no opinion or no knowledge can answer anyway.
(3) Respondents can be frustrated because their desired answer is not a choice.

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A) Court of Criminal Appeals. B) Court of Last Resort. C) Supreme Court. D) Court of Appeals.

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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