{"id":3249,"date":"2010-09-01T07:59:09","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T07:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/?p=3249"},"modified":"2023-11-07T08:31:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T08:31:24","slug":"are-your-open-ended-questions-killing-your-response-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/are-your-open-ended-questions-killing-your-response-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Your Open Ended Questions Killing Your Response Rates?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/istock_000009012363xsmall-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-3250\" title=\"iStock_000009012363XSmall\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve just recently encountered two examples of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/are-open-ended-questions-dead\/\">open ended questions<\/a> that were so &#8220;hard&#8221; that I literally blanked out of the survey and closed the tab. \u00a0If I bailed on this survey &#8212; what did people who had no interest in taking the survey do? 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