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1.)  What’s the difference between a closed-ended question and an open-ended  question? What are the various strengths and weaknesses associated with  both types? Which type will be most appropriate for your research? Why?  Provide some specific questions that you will use.

2.) What do you think about compensating survey respondents to  complete a questionnaire? Describe both the positive and negative  aspects associated with this approach. Are some forms of compensation  better than others? Why or why not? Will you implement some form of  compensation to elicit higher response rates in your study? Why or why  not?

3.) What is a double-barreled question? Provide an example. Why are  double-barreled questions inappropriate for survey research? How does  the introduction of contingency questions solve the double-barreled  question problem? Take your previously constructed double-barreled  question and design one or more contingency questions.

4.) Given your reading of Smith (2013), what does the future hold for  survey research? Does the use of new technologies such as social media  promise to improve survey research? Is there any potential for harm?  Discuss.