An advantage of closed questions is:

• A. All answers will be relevant to your research
• B. They never require analysis
• C. They produce vague data
• D. They are never easy to analyze

Answer: (A)

Closed questions use a fixed set of possible answers, which makes the data easy to compare and directly tied to what you’re studying. When the options are crafted to match the aspects of your research question, whatever a respondent chooses provides information that helps answer that question, so all the data you collect is relevant and usable. That focused, easily analyzed data is why closed questions are advantageous: they quantify responses and reveal clear patterns without leaving room for unrelated answers. In contrast, open questions can produce a wide range of responses, some of which may be off-topic or hard to compare.