Closed-Ended Question
(noun)
A closed-ended question asks the respondent to pick an answer from a given number of options.
Examples of Closed-Ended Question in the following topics:
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Strengthening the Monetary System
- This national bank holiday, with banks closed and Americans having no access to their deposits, gave Congress enough time to propose banking reform legislation.
- In her work, What Ended the Great Depression?
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Conducting Polls
- A distinction is made between open-ended and closed-ended questions.
- An open-ended question asks the respondent to formulate his or her own answer; a closed-ended question asks the respondent to pick an answer from a given number of options.
- The response options for a closed-ended question should be exhaustive and mutually exclusive.
- Four types of response scales for closed-ended questions are as follows:
- The types of questions (closed, multiple-choice, open) should fit the statistical data analysis techniques available and the goals of the poll.
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Study questions
- Can you explain why an actor who has the smallest sum of geodesic distances to all other actors is said to be the most "central" actor, using the "closeness" approach?
- How does the "flow" approach extend the idea of "closeness" as an approach to centrality?
- What kinds of approach did each use: degree, closeness, or betweenness?
- Which actors have high closeness?
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Solicit Information
- Open-ended questions.
- Closed questions.
- When you need a "yes" or "no" answer or when you want the other person to provide you with a specific answer from among a set of choices, use closed questions.
- Closed means that you only have specific options, and no other choices.
- " is a closed question with three choices.
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Constructing Public Opinion Surveys
- A distinction is made between open-ended and closed-ended questions.
- An open-ended question asks the respondent to formulate his or her own answer, while closed-ended questions have the respondent choose an answer from a given number of options.
- The response options for a closed-ended question should be exhaustive and mutually exclusive.
- The four types of response scales for closed-ended questions are:
- Structured surveys, particularly those with closed-ended questions, may have low validity when researching effective variables.
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Interview Preparation
- Prepare for your interview by researching your interview subject and coming up with a list of prepared questions.
- It is easy to overwhelm or appear aggressive if you ask too many probing or irrelevant questions.
- As an interviewer, you may use open-ended and close-ended questions.
- Close-ended questions typically have a yes or no answer, or some kind of definitive fact.
- Open-ended questions are those that are open to interpretation and experience.
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Closing the Sale
- Such prospects only need to be "closed. "
- Nonetheless, closing is a key part of the sales process.
- In fact, sometimes opportunities to close may not present themselves at all and the salesperson must create an opportunity to close.
- Situations where a closing attempt is logical include: when a presentation has been completed without any objectives from the prospect, when the presentation has been completed and all objections and questions have been answered, and when the buyer indicates an interest in the product by giving a closing signal, such as a nod of the head.
- Ben Franklin close - Similar to the Duke Of Wellington close, but the prospect lists feelings vs. thoughts.
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Reading Carefully and Closely
- If you're closely reading a novel, here are some questions that might inform your reading: What is the author trying to do?
- What follows is a list of questions commonly asked in close reading.
- These questions are guidelines and suggestions, not a checklist of things you must ask about everything you read.
- When considering these questions, it is good practice to end by asking, "And why?
- Critical reading requires reading a text carefully and closely.
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Turning Your Question Into a Claim
- A "working hypothesis" is a statement of what you think the answer to your question is.
- You've chosen a topic, and you've turned it into a question.
- The next step is to start answering your question.
- Since it is going to become part of your problem statement, this is the time to start paying close attention to your language.
- You should pay close attention to what kind of changes you are making, because some will be more consequential than others.
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The Sales Process
- An effective sales process can be described through steps that walk a salesperson from prospecting through closing the sale.
- They should ask questions to reveal the current situation, the source of any problems, the impact of the problems, the benefits of the solution, and the interest of the buyer.
- They might question the price or value of the product, dismiss the product/service as inadequate, avoid making a commitment to buy, or refuse because of an unknown factor.
- The salesperson can use several different sales closes to move the sale forward.
- They can use the "alternative close", the "assumptive close", the "summary close", or the "special-offer close"; among others.