closed-ended question
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question
noun
uk/ˈkwes.tʃən/us/ˈkwes.tʃən/
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(Definition ofquestionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofclosed-ended question
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The respondents were asked two follow-up questions to their initial bid, one of which is aclosed-endedquestion.
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Bothclosed-endedquestionmodels were fitted to these data.
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A remarkably complex way of estimating strategic voting reaches more or less the same outcome as that attained using a single short, easy to administer,closed-endedquestion.
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The response options for aclosed-endedquestionshould be exhaustive and mutually exclusive.
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We distinguished strictly between the two methods using closed-ended questions with and without follow-up.
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The questionnaire comprised a mix of mostly closed-ended questions and some open-ended ones.
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As part of all three interviews, the women were asked a series of structured closed-ended questions by one of two trained interviewers.
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Interpretation of the technical information was assessed for three attributes by using responses to closed-ended questions in the questionnaire and open-ended questions at the interview.
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The marginal willingness to pay was estimated similarly for the closed-ended questions without follow-up.
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When using closed-ended questions without follow-up, the model included pain level, expenditurenot-prescribed and timetotal.
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The answer alternatives of the closed-ended questions were yes, no, and do not know.
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An open-ended question asks the respondent to formulate his or her own answer, whereas a closed-endedquestionhas the respondent pick an answer from a given number of options.
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As part of both interviews, the women were asked a series of structured closed-ended questions by a trained interviewer.
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In addition, using closed-ended questions with follow-up results in a tighter confidence interval.
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It appears that we have a zone where the model for closed-ended questions without follow-up gives an estimator that has a higher power than the follow-up model's estimator.
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In some intervals the model using closed-ended questions without follow-up would be preferred, and for other intervals the model using closed-ended questions with follow-up would be preferred.
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However, this can be ascertained from a set of closed-ended questions regarding democratic principles that were asked of the elite and mass survey respondents in both 1992 and 1995.
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Based on input from the advisory group, a review of the literature, and the research interests of the authors, a questionnaire utilizing both open-ended and closed-ended questions was constructed.
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A distinction is made between open-ended and closed-ended questions.
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