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Introduction of Survey Questions

When you decide upon your target client and advertise keeping them in mind, you also want to know if that advertising and your strategies are working or not. This is where better understanding of those people plays a role and thus asking these people some business and website related questions. And this is where we come in developing for you the most effective and focused questionnaire survey, giving you the required information of your target group.

In order to conduct any survey the first thing you need to know is what information is needed. The purpose or the goal of the survey should be very clear, the clearer it is the better results you shall gain. One also needs to create the sample survey in order to get the idea about how the actual survey would look like.

What is Open Ended and Closed Ended questions ?

For all the survey types, there are open ended question and close ended questions. The open ended questions are where there is no definite answer to it. It is an answer which is given in the subjects own words. A close ended question is where there is limited number of answers already given and the subject has to choose one or more from them.

Open Ended Questions

• Comments Box: This type of question is used when one wants an answer in length. The answer is typed in a multi lined box.
• Constant Sum: Here the respondent has to give answers in numbers that total up to 100. Usually it is 100 but one can specify to what number the total should come to.
• Number: Here you get the responses in numbers. You have set parameters, the smallest or the largest value that is acceptable.
• One Line: The respondents are given a one line text space. This can be used when one wants only two to three words. One can specify the characters that are required.
• One or More Lines: The response here consists of one or two lines. You can mention your criteria or the characters needed.
• Ranking: Here the response must start form the number 1 rank. The subjects rank the items listed.

Closed Ended Questions

• Multiple Choice Questions: The respondents are asked to select single or multiple choices given by ticking the checkbox. The maximum selection can be set.
• One Answer: Respondents are allowed to select any one item of the given by clicking on the dropdown menu.
• One Answer: The respondents are allowed to select one from the choices by clicking on the option button.
• True/False: Subject has to respond in either true or false. It can be an option buttons or dropdown menu.
• Yes/No: Again the respondents have to select yes or no. It can be option buttons or dropdown menu.