Do you hate "yes-or-no" questions?

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26 Jul 2011, 9:48 pm

This thread is inspired by the deluge of "yes-or-no" questions that are everywhere on this site. They annoy me.
"Do aspies do this...?"
"Have you ever been here...?"
"Would you ever do this...?"

I like open-ended questions that start with...
"Why do you think...?"
"What were the reasons behind...?"
"How could this...?"

So... what do you think about yes-or-no questions? :wink:

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26 Jul 2011, 9:53 pm

yes.

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26 Jul 2011, 9:54 pm

lol this thread.

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26 Jul 2011, 10:02 pm

Uhhh yes...I mean no...I mean yes...I mean...

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26 Jul 2011, 10:13 pm

No.

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26 Jul 2011, 10:15 pm

Yes and no questions drive me crazy.

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26 Jul 2011, 10:42 pm

What kind of poll is this... I choose not to vote! :lol:

In all seriousness though, I much prefer open ended questions but yes-no style questions can have their purpose too.

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26 Jul 2011, 10:50 pm

Yes. I recently moved and had to find a new psychologist, and I had to fill out paperwork for it. The first two pages drove me nuts, because they were nothing but questions asking me if this or that applied to me, yes or no, and almost every answer for me was somewhere in the middle.

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26 Jul 2011, 11:09 pm

This is funny! Do u like yes or no questions?
Yes
No

LOL!! !! !! !! !

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26 Jul 2011, 11:33 pm

if carlsberg made poll based thread titles...

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26 Jul 2011, 11:37 pm

I like Yes or No Questions because they are easier to answer than questions where I have to explain things

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27 Jul 2011, 1:06 am

Maybe.

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27 Jul 2011, 1:09 am

:lol:

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27 Jul 2011, 1:24 am

No I do not. They only drive me crazy if my answer isn't a yes or no because it's not black and white and that person wants a yes or no answer.

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27 Jul 2011, 1:29 am

I don't mind as long as I get the chance to explain my answer. Sometimes people get annoyed if ya do that.

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27 Jul 2011, 1:46 am

chrissyrun wrote:

I don't mind as long as I get the chance to explain my answer. Sometimes people get annoyed if ya do that.

I only get annoyed if you don't give me a direct answer. You can explain your answer after you answer my question directly.

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