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them are usually designed to be a multiple-choice.

For example, in a questionnaire, it is often

sufficient to state “Gender” and then to provide a

binary option which can either be (1) Male or (2)

Female (see Figure 3.1). It is commonly

understood that the respondent should answer by

choosing one of the two options. In a patient

registry, many questions can also be asked by

adopting the same approach to collect clinical

information such as type(s) of treatment offered,

treatment complication(s) and outcome variable(s)

(NHAM, 2015).