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Did You Know? in structured questionnaire respondent is tied to answer only where as in
unstructured questionnaire respondent may express himself freely

such kind of questionnaires are used more to know the faiths, point of views, and thoughts of the
respondent.
5. closed Questionnaire: In such kind of questionnaires some definite optional answers are written
before the questions itself and the respondent has to select answers from them only. in such kind of
questionnaires, answers to the questions are limited. Hence respondent does not have the liberty to
give independent opinion nor does he have to think a lot for giving answers, but they have to select
from the pre-determined answers only and mark before them. such kind of questionnaires are used
for obtaining sorted information. As per Hsin Pao yeng, “in closed questionnaire often answers
are given according to the head of questions asked.” in such kind of questionnaires, in answering,
respondent has the convenience. Mostly he has to answer only in ‘yes’ or ‘no’ and he is freed of the
complexity of answering. Possibility of such questionnaires getting filled and returned is also more.
some examples of questions in such questionnaires are mentioned below:
1. Are you a student of scheduled caste? Yes/no
2. Are you in favour of widow remarriage? Yes/ No
3. What kind of relationship do you have with your teachers? (A) sweet (B) normal
(C) tensed
In such kind of questionnaire, convenience is there in classification of material.
6. Open Questionnaire: in such types of questionnaires respondent has the freedom to express his
thoughts openly. in questionnaire, possible answers of the questions is not given, instead it is expected
from the respondent that he answers as per his desire. sometimes there are many possible answers of
a question, to obtain which only such questions are developed. in questions of such questionnaires, lot
of flexibility is found, whose answers, respondent expresses in his own words. Open questionnaires are
used for knowing personal thoughts, feelings, suggestions etc, for doing intensive studies, for compiling
primary knowledge related to the subject. for obtaining descriptive and qualitative information also
such questionnaires are used. in it little space is left before the questions for giving the answer.

Task in your view, what changes should be brought in the present education
method?

7. pictorial Questionnaire: in such kind of questionnaires, possible answers of questions is expressed
through pictures and respondent gives his answer by selecting from those pictures only and marking
them. Because of the pictures, questionnaire becomes interesting and attractive because of which
respondent gets inspired to give the answer. in modern time everyone is busy in their jobs, they do
not have the time to give answers to long questions. in such situations, for easily obtaining answers
from the respondent in little time and effort, pictorial questionnaire is used. Language of such
questionnaires is also understandable to common man. such questionnaires prove much useful to
know the psychologies of children and for dumb and deaf persons. examples of such questionnaires
are as follows:
a. What is the size of your family?

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