Question

Which of the following statements is not an advantage of unstructured questions?

• A. Unstructured questions are good as first questions on a topic.
• B. Implicitly, unstructured questions give extra weight to respondents who are more articulate.
• C. Unstructured questions have a much less biasing influence on response than structured questions.
• D. Unstructured questions are useful in exploratory research.

Hint:

Unstructured questions are open-ended and flexible but risk bias toward articulate respondents.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Recognize real advantages of unstructured questions.
- Useful for exploration when possible responses are unknown.
- Reduce bias by avoiding limiting answer choices.
- Good as initial, open-ended prompts to get rich responses.
Step 2: Identify the “not an advantage” option.
- (b) This is actually a disadvantage — articulate respondents dominate, leading to bias in qualitative data. \[ \boxed{(b)} \]