Identify the characteristics of open-ended questions in survey research:

1.The questions suggest certain kinds of answer to the respondents

2.They are useful for exploring new areas

3.They are time-consuming for interviewers to administer

A1, 2

B2, 3 ✓ Correct

C1, 3

D1, 2, 3

Correct answer: (B) 2, 3

Explanation

Open-ended questions are useful for exploring new areas and are time-consuming for interviewers to administer.

Statement 2 is correct because open questions let respondents raise ideas the researcher had not foreseen.

Statement 3 is correct because recording and coding free responses takes considerable interviewer time.

Statement 1 describes closed questions, which suggest ready-made answer categories to respondents.

Open questions impose no fixed options, so they cannot suggest particular answers.

Their openness is exactly what makes them explorative yet costly to process.

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