Common question styles

Yes/No answers

This type of question will give you clear results that are easy to convert into statistics.

An example of a yes/no question

Tick boxes

Tick boxes give people a limited choice of answers. This makes interpreting results easier, but you must check that all possible answers are included in the tick boxes.

An example of a tick box question

Word responses

One word answers are given. This type of question can be used if it's difficult to predict all the possible different answers.

An example of a word response question

Questions that require a sentence to be written

This type of question is useful for finding out people's opinions about something. However, sentence answers can be difficult to analyse.

An example of an answer requiring a sentence