Good research questions prompt people to tell stories, and not just answer questions. I changed the close-ended questions below into open-ended questions so that respondents will be able to tell stories in a research interview setting. Check it out!
- Have you ever sent a text message while driving?
- What do you think about texting while driving?
- What might lead someone to text and drive?
- Would you say you travel abroad frequently?
- What places have you traveled abroad to recently?
- How often do you travel abroad?
- Do you post a lot of pictures on Instagram?
- How active are you on your instagram?
- What is your most popular form of content on instagram and how often do you update your pictures?
- Do you prefer to shop at big boxes or locally owned stores?
- What qualities do you look for in shops that differ from the rest?
- what attributes about locally owned shops do you prefer?
- Do you have an iPhone or an Android phone?
- How did you decide which phone to get?
- Why did you decide to choose a phone that was either an android or iphone?
- How often do you eat sweets?
- What has led to the increase of your sweet tooth?
- Why and what type of sweets do you eat and also is it a lot?
- Do you tend to buy things that are on sale?
- What factors your decision buy?
- Why do items on sale tend to appeal to you?
Closing Question: Why is it important to ask the right questions? Asking the right questions, can lead to a greater amount of information that can be received. The more open ended the questions are, there is a greater opportunity to converse and share thoughts back and forth.
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