The document discusses two types of survey questions - close-ended and open-ended questions. Close-ended questions provide a limited set of choices for respondents to select from, like multiple choice, scale, or yes/no questions. Open-ended questions allow respondents to answer freely without options. The document provides examples of each type and asks the reader to consider how each could be graphed and what problems they may pose for collecting survey data.

1. First Name: ____________ Last Name: ______________ Student #: _________ Group: _________
Making Good Survey Questions
An アンケート in Japanese is usually called a __ __ __ __ __ __ in English. For your
final speech, you will need to make your own simple survey, so we need to learn about
how to make good survey questions.
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Let’s look at 2 types of questions.
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Close-ended Questions: These questions give a few choices to choose from.
Multiple choice questions, scale questions, and yes/no questions are all types of close-ended
questions.
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Here are some examples of close-ended multiple choice questions:
Which hamburger shop do you like best?
! a) MosBurger
! b) McDonalds
! c) Lotteria
! d) Freshness Burger
Which of these is your favorite kind of pet?
! a) bird
! b) pig
! c) hamster
! d) fish
Imagine one of these was your survey question. Would this data be easy to make into a
graph?
What kind of graph would you use?
What are some of the problems with this type of question? 日本語OK

2. Here are some examples of scale questions:
On a scale of 0 (not at all) to 5 (very excited), how much are you looking forward to moving
to Nagoya campus next year?
!
0----------1----------2----------3----------4----------5
On a scale of 0 (not at all) to 5 (very, very much), how much do you want to get married?
!
0----------1----------2----------3----------4----------5
Imagine one of these was your survey question. Would this data be easy to make into a
graph?
What kind of graph would you use?
What are some of the problems with this type of question? 日本語OK
Open-ended Questions: These questions allow people to answer freely. They
usually don’t give a list of choices.
Here are a few examples of open ended questions:
Could you tell me about your favorite hamburger shop?
What do you think about the move to Nagoya campus?
Imagine one of these was your survey question. Would this data be easy to make into a
graph?
What kind of graph would you use?
What are some of the problems with this type of question? 日本語OK