Types of Questionnaire

In a conversation, when completing a research survey, being interviewed for a job or working on a homework assignment, you might find yourself presented with a series of closed-ended or open-ended questions.

The dichotomous question is a question which can have two possible answers. Dichotomous questions are usually used in a survey that asks for a Yes/No, True/False or Agree/Disagree answers. They are used for clear distinction of qualities, experiences or respondent’s opinions.

It is the most widely used approach to scaling responses in survey research, such that the term (or more accurately the Likert-type scale) is often used interchangeably with rating scale, although there are other types of rating scales. The scale is named after its inventor, psychologist Rensis Likert.

Multiple choice questions make up the bulk of survey questions for a good reason. They’re useful in a broad range of situations, and they’re especially valuable once you understand the subtleties of how to use each type.

Closed-ended questions can also be very complicated. For example, "Is 1 in binary equal to 1 in counting numbers?" is a closed-ended question that not everyone would be able to quickly answer. Open-Ended Questions. Open-ended questions are ones that require more than one word answers.

While rank order question is very valuable and highly suggested, you should bear in mind a few things. 1. Rank order question does take more effort for the respondent, so use them judiciously (one per survey is best).

Working with rating scale questions One of the most useful forms of question is a rating scale, where you ask people to mark how satisfied they were with an item or a service. You can then analyse the answers to these questions to see if people are generally satisfied or dissatisfied, so you are more able to judge where to put the effort in to ...

Semantic Differential Scale is a survey or questionnaire rating scale that asks people to rate a product, company, brand or any 'entity' within the frames of a multi-point rating options. These survey answering options are grammatically on opposite adjectives at each end.