Survey Question Type: Date

What it does – Survey questions of this type allow the respondent to provide an answer in an open-ended field, and gives the respondent the ability to provide a free flow of ideas without selecting from a series of pre-set answers. It also ensures the format of the answers received in the survey.

When to use: When used in the survey design phase, this question type helps to extract information about the date of a particular issue in a survey.

Advantages: This type of survey question allows respondents to enter in open-ended information and increases the accuracy of the answer given.

Disadvantages: This question type not be used when trying to extract information on the ranking or rating of a particular issue, or when trying to get information from a multiple-choice question.