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Many countries adopt the culture of research. The research provides solutions to many issues. Researchers ask questions to find the solution to such problems. Good questions increase the chances of the right answers. In contrast, bad questions get poor answers. Most of the time, these questions are of two types: Open and close-ended questions. Researchers use them to gather data for research. These two are vastly different from each other. The researcher needs to understand the differences between them. It also increases the chance of getting objective-based answers from the audience. In this article, we explain both types of questions. We also share their pros and cons. It increases the understanding of the reader about both of them.

Content Analysis is a systematic research methodology in qualitative studies. It analyses the inherent meanings of words and concepts within a text. This tool enables the researcher to draw inferences about the author, audience and the socio-cultural context. Content analysis helps the researchers to examine the objectives, meanings and relationships of words and concepts. In the same vein, relational content analysis also analyses the conceptual aspects. However, relational content analysis does not pertain to identifying the meaning of concepts individually.