When conducting a research study attempting to understand what features were most important to garden equipment consumers, Edwin's Research Inc. used a questionnaire containing ________ questions, with a predetermined set of response options.

A) structured
B) rhetorical
C) open-ended
D) hypothetical
E) unstructured

Predetermined Set

A predefined collection of items, options, or criteria established before a process or decision-making.

Response Options

The set of choices provided to respondents in a survey or questionnaire, enabling them to express their opinion, preference, or feedback on a given question.

Questionnaire

A form that features a set of questions designed to gather information from respondents and thereby accomplish the researchers’ objectives; questions can be either unstructured or structured.