The 21 item HDRS (Hamilton Depression Rating Scale) [ 8]: is a 21 question multiple choice questionnaire which rates the severity of symptoms observed in depression such as low mood, agitation, anxiety and weight loss.
Examples of structured question formats include multiple choice, ranking, yes/no and rating scale.
They were given free access to the VLE for one month, and were asked to complete multiple choice questions and to rate their confidence to deal with 10 common situations on visual analogue scales (VAS) at baseline and one month after training.
The questions had multiple choice alternatives, which were rated using four-point scales that ranged from "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree".
Most tools used to identify and rate the severity of depression rely on a multiple choice questionnaire, for example, The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD, HAM-D) the MINI questionnaire, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) [ 37].
The question was multiple choice, with 0percentt being the lowest rate, and "20percentt or more" being the highest rate.
Question types included multiple choice (check one/check all), matrix table, rating (1 5 scale), ranking (top 3), dropdown selection and free text.
Their questions should reflect their own sense of what defines happiness and the factors they feel are most relevant to the people in their community, and should include open-ended, multiple-choice and rating questions.
In addition, after each online homework assignment, students answered a multiple-choice question rating how much time they spent studying during that week (average participation by nonmajors 86% and by majors 87%).
