The questions in a survey may be different in nature. This depends on the type of answer required. This may include questions to distinguish between quantitative and qualitative questions. Quantitative questions deal with numbers and quantities. These are questions that the interviewer wants to know how often something occurs or how often such a product is used.

Qualitative questions to ascertain an opinion or ask for a review of something. These are often questions with an answer to a certain scale. This may be a score or a multiple choice question where the respondent must indicate whether a statement is applicable to him.

Quantitative and qualitative questions are equally important. For a good overview and a survey through a clear and complete picture of the subject matter of the questions is important for both types of questions to use. Only then will the interviewer the most and the most useful information on which to base his conclusions.

Qualitative questions are however difficult to assess. They are also often open-ended questions, which is difficult to analyze and difficult to compare. This is often chosen for quantitative questions, but it allows the interviewer an important source of valuable information lying. So do not be frightened by your extra effort in the analysis stabbing, because your results are generally much more valuable with a good number of qualitative questions.