Fill-In and Essay Question Development

At times, you may need to include fill-in questions. Generally, fill-in questions are limited to one or two words to ease the tabulation. We try to avoid using fill-in responses on written and online surveys unless there is a compelling reason. However, at times they are necessary.

A New Hampshire company asked employees what one word best described their jobs.

An Arizona company asked employees for the names of their supervisors.

If you are conducting an online survey, such question can be programmed into the flow and easily collected and displayed. They can also be collected by the interviewer and a focus group leader. When used with a written survey, space has to be provided on the answer sheet, or a separate ...

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