Babbie Ch.9 Question

True or False:

Open-ended questions allow respondents to provide his or her own answers, and is popular among survey research because they provide a greater uniformity of responses and are most easily processed than closed-ended question.

Answer: FALSE.

Open-ended questions do question respondents to provide his or her own answer, but also, they require in-depth, qualitative interviewing – unlike close-ended questions. In close ended questions, they rely on survey research because they provide a greater uniformity of respondents and are more easily processed than open-ended questions.