Advantages and Disadvantages - Opening and closed questions

Advantages and Disadvantages of Opening and Closed questions:

Advantages of Open-Ended questions?

• Open-ended questions can only have a unlimited number of possible answers.
• Open-ended questions can reveal a respondent's logic, frame of reference and thinking      process

Disadvantages of Open-Ended Questions?

• Closed questions have greater amount of respondent time, thoughts, and effort is necessary
• Some Closed-Ended answers can take up a lot of space in questionnaires 

Advantages of Closed-Ended questions?

• Closed-Ended question are normally quicker and easier to answer than Open-Ended questions.
• They are fewer complicated questions used in a 

Disadvantages of Closed-Ended Questions?

• Closed-Ended questions can suggest ideas that some of the respondents would not have.
• Closed-Ended questions can be confusing if lots of choices are offered.