Scenario: Consider the questionnaire items below as you answer the following questions.

1. Age ___________

2. Total years teaching: 1-5_______ 6-10 _______ 11-15_______ 16-20 ________ 21-25________ more than 25 _______

3. School_________________

4. Number of children in your average-sized class___________________

5. Do you agree that class size negatively affects instruction? SA A U D SD

6. Please list the ways in which class size effects your institution.

Question: According to guidelines in your text, which item contains an ambiguous term that needs to be defined/operationalized ?

Group of answer choices

item 4

item 3

item 2

item 5