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Download full textJones, Calvin; And Others – 1986
The purpose of this user's manual is to document the procedures used to collect and process postsecondary school transcripts for members of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 who had attended any postsecondary institutions since leaving high school. In addition, this manual will provide researchers with the technical…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Cohort Analysis, Data Collection, Databases
Tourangeau, Roger; And Others – 1987
This manual was produced to familiarize data users with the procedures followed in data collection and processing of the fifth follow-up survey of the National Longitudinal Survey of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72) and to provide documentation for use of the file. The data file is a computerized data base, which is available on magnetic…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Followup Studies, High School Students
Peer reviewedMorrison, James L. – Review of Higher Education, 1978
The National Longitudinal Study (NLS) sample and data collection efforts are described and the nature of information available for each data collection effort is briefly reviewed. Possible implications and limitations that the NLS database has for use in graduate training programs in higher education are also investigated. (SF)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Doctoral Programs, Educational Research
Davis, J. A.; Collins, Elmer – 1975
The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) is a federally supported longitudinal study of a national sample of some 23,000 young people first surveyed as high school seniors in the spring of 1972. The historical precedents of such a study include the work of Friend and Haggert in a Boston settlement house, Louis…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Data Collection, Databases, Federal Programs
PDF pending restorationResearch Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. Center for Educational Research and Evaluation. – 1976
A major purpose of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) was to provide a data base for studies concerned with the relationship between high school experience and experience in the years immediately following graduation. This methodological report is designed to facilitate use of the data base. The sample was…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Attrition (Research Studies), Data Analysis, Data Collection
Levinsohn, Jay R.; Riccobono, John A. – 1975
The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) is a large-scale longitudinal survey effort. The current data tapes contain base-year (1972) survey data integrated with first follow-up (1973) survey data. The base-year data consist of responses to a Student Questionnaire, the results of an ability test, and information from…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases
Tabler, Kenneth – 1977
Activities involved in the collection and assembling of data for computer processing from the first followup survey of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) are briefly described. Included are an overview of the NLS; the sample design and survey participation; the development of the first followup survey…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases, Followup Studies
Bailey, J. P., Jr. – 1976
The status of the high school class of 1972, as it was two years after graduation in October 1974, is described in terms of questionnaire survey responses. Students from 1,153 high schools participated and 20,872 students responded to the questionnaire out of the total group of 23,451. The development, administration, and reliability of the survey…
Descriptors: Attendance, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases
Henderson, Louise; Levinsohn, Jay – 1981
This documentation is intended to assist users of the school file which was prepared from information collected for the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72). The school file is a companion to the NLS-72 student-based data file and consists of 1,318 records, one from each high school from which NLS-72 students are…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities
