Open-Ended Questions
Advantage: you can have any answer, don't need to predict the answer, greater variety of answers
- What is your favorite sport? (Nat, Abel)
- What sports do you play? (Abel, Nat)
- What is your favorite fruit? (Julian, Matthew, Vincent)
- What is your favorite video game? (Ryan, Aziel, Anthony)
- What is your favorite app? (Maylat, Hayley)
Closed questions
Advantage: faster, more control over answer, less words to write down, less complicated, usually easier
- Which form of transportation do you prefer: school bus, TTC bus, walking, subway, streetcar, car, bike, scooter, taxi, skateboard or other? (Erica)
- Should children only eat fruit instead of candy. Yes or No? (Vincent, Matthew, Julian)
- Do you play any of these sports: Hockey (yes, no) Soccer (yes, no), basketball (yes, no), football (yes, no) baseball (yes, no) (Abel, Nat)
7-2's Biased questions
- Many people have dogs, do you want a dog?
- Soy sauce gives you X-ray vision, what is your favorite sauce? this one is both biased and untruthful... I think! (Daniel)
- A lot of people have siblings, do you have siblings?
- Having a dog expands your life expectancy, would you like to have a dog?
- Most Canadians choose Pepsi over Coke, which one do you prefer? (Kyana)
