COMS 2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Guessing, Kung Fu Panda 3
9 Aug 2016
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The definition of question: need not be a complete sentence with a question mark, it is an word, phrase, statement, or nonverbal act. Open and closed questions: open questions. Vary in degree of openness ranging from a topic or area of inquiry to more specified subject matter. More restrictive: examples of open questions. Respondents freely share their thoughts in details. Usually easier to answer and pose less threat. Respondent may give unimportant or irrelevant info. Skills needed to keep respondent on track and maintain: closed control. Narrow in foucus, strict interviewee"s freedom to determine the amount and kind of info. Advantages: control the terms of the length in answers, little effort in two parties, more questions. Disadvantages: to little info, not reavel the why question, less info exchanged. Primary and probing qs: primary qs. Introduce topics or new areas within a topic and can stand alone even when taken out of context: probing qs.
