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Closed questions invite a limited range of potential responses. Closed (rather than open) questions are more suited for interviews and questionnaires when the researcher is seeking to elicit responses within specific predetermined categories (e.g., in nomothetic research)
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Author: Keith
Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.
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