what constitutes a good question?

Answer 1

A good question would make the answerer sit up or think up before he can answer, a question he has not thought of before, a question that is relevant and thoughtful.

Over here, though, the few good questions get fewer answers and among those even fewer to the point. Silly and repeated questions get flooded with answers.

Answer 2

That depends on your motive behind the question:

(i) You wish to get some information. In this case, the question should be concise, clear, non-ambiguous and logical. For example: "What is an appropriate size for the moon: yellow or butterfly?" is a concise, clear, non-ambiguous, grammatically correct and illogical, as neither "yellow" nor "butterfly" are not appropriate values for "size" (in the common English language. There might be a dialect where "yellow" or "butterfly" have a "size" meaning).

(ii) You wish not to get an answer - a.k.a. Rhetorical questions. In this case, the answer should be obvious and the question relevant to the subject of the discussion. The question might even be illogical, if that is the point you wish to make.

(iii) You wish to start (or develop) a conversation. In this case, the answer should not be obvious, but the question could be ambiguous and not clear. An illogical question is usually not very useful in this case.

I'm certain there are other motives for a question, but this is a good start.

Answer 3

Your question constitutes a good question :).

To me, a 'good' question makes me think. A good question is also a light, fun question. It could be a question requiring a one word answer or a whole long paragraph...it could be a vague question or a very specific one. But what really matters is it was interesting enough for me to want to answer that.

I don't answer questions which are demeaning and offensive though. Unless I really need to say something & hv to let it out.

Answer 4

Well, several aspects.

For example: its syntax, its content and the public it wants to achieve and the one it actually achieved, the moment in which the question was made, its social and cultural context and so on.

One may say also that if is is provoking or rhetorical, or fallacious or circular... depending on some situations, each of these aspects may turn a single question into a good one (or a not so good one).

So, this is it.



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Answer 5

A question that has meaning and comes from ur heart. Not those stupid ones that ppl ask just cuz they want to. True meaning is what constitutes a good question.

Answer 6

Any question to which the person asking does not know the answer is a good question.

Some questions, however, are very open-ended -- some to the point of being, by any rational method -- unanswerable. But being unanswerable does not make a question a bad question.

A really good question is of least as much interest to the person asking, and the person answering.

Answer 7

A good question is something that helps to develop both the asker and the answerer.

Answer 8

A good question is the one that is seeking out for knowledge.

Answer 9

Something that comes from the individual's own thinking and poses meaningful thought-provoking answers.

Answer 10

One that is precise and to the point, unique and interesting, intelligent and insightful. The same goes for the answer.