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The author talked about how the questionnaire is an inexpensive way of gathering information. In his article he talked about the kinds of questions the person asks in a questionnaire. In general, questions could either have an “open” or “closed” format. A Hypothetical Question is one that is “based on, at best, conjecture” (a feedback based in incomplete information), and “at worst, on fantasy”. When you ask such questions, the respondent is forced to answer the question depending on a thought he had never considered before. Eventually, it wont be representing ones real opinion. This has an open format. The Leading Question is one that forces the participant to answer a specific and prompt answer. The problem that arises is not from the questions asked but from the answers they should pick from. The answers proposed should “cover the whole range of responses”. Here are two examples, having to pick from: “superb, excellent, great, good, fair and not so great.” Or it could be a “yes/no” question; giving the person less chance to give an accurate answer, since the “negative response covers too wide of opinions”.