Types of quantitative questions

• Multiple choice
• Multiple select is similar to multiple choice, but, allows more than one response to the question
• Dichotomous are commonly true/false or yes/no questions
• Rank order is used to compare multiple products/tools/alternatives
• Rating scale is used to measure the value of a specific characteristic
  • Semantic differential scale uses a written scale that has two bipolar adjectives at each end.
  • Staple scale uses a numeric scale from +5 to –5

Qualitative questions use categories with text labels for responses.

The order of questions in a survey should be from general to specific. Filter questions should be used to decide which questions are relevant to a particular respondent.

Each question must be accompanied by a hypothesis and at least one research source.