Pew Research Center illustration One reality of the polling world is item nonresponse — that is, when survey takers decline to answer certain questions. But nonresponse rates can vary considerably ...

We categorized the open-ended questions into three groups based on the prompted length of the response: 1) one-word responses; 2) short sentences; or 3) detailed descriptions in multiple sentences.

In an open-ended question, people answer in their own terms. In a closed-ended format, people choose from a given list of answers. (The vast majority of polling questions are closed-ended.) ...

Leaving open-ended questions as comments on articles is slowly becoming popular on BleacherReport.com. I am a big fan of these types of comments, because I truly believe that by making writers ...

A child raised in a low-income household hears 1,537 fewer words per hour than one raised in a higher-income home, according to the landmark 1995 Hart and Risley study. Conducted at the University … ...

Definition An open-ended interview is a way of gathering information from people. An interviewer asks questions of a participant, who then answers those questions.