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Download full textNational Center for Education Statistics (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1977
A complex two-stage sample selection process was used in designing the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. The first-stage sampling frame used in the selection of schools was stratified by the following seven variables: public vs. private control, geographic region, grade 12 enrollment, proximity to institutions of higher…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cluster Analysis, Data Analysis, High School Students
Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. Center for Educational Research and Evaluation. – 1975
An overview of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) is provided. Section one describes the research design for the base-year and first through third followup surveys. Section two summarizes findings from data analyses of the first followup and base-year, completed before September 1975. The findings are presented…
Descriptors: Achievement, Aspiration, Data Analysis, Differences
Jackson, Gregory A. – 1986
Results of a study of trends in college-going decisions of new high school graduates between 1972 and 1980 are presented, along with a model of college choice. The focus is the choice between college and noncollege options. Based on a review of empirical and theoretical work on college choice over the past 25 years, information is provided on key…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Bound Students, College Choice, Comparative Analysis
Moore, R. P.; And Others – 1974
An efficiency study was conducted of the base year design used for the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS). Finding the optimal design involved a search for the numbers of sample schools and students that would maximize the variance at a given cost. Twenty-one variables describing students' plans, attitudes,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Efficiency, Followup Studies
Moore, R. P.; Shah, B. V. – 1975
An efficiency study was conducted of the sampling design used for the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS), and the change variables used in the first followup. Nine alternative designs were compared, using a cost model based upon the number of schools and students sampled. Fourteen change variables and eight domains…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Efficiency
Creech, F. Reid; And Others – 1977
At the time of the First Followup Survey of the members of the High School Class of 1972, approximately 18 months after graduation, sixty-five percent were unemployed, and eight percent were out of work. Forty-two percent were taking academic courses in a college or university. Graduates of the vocational high school curriculum were employed at…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Discriminant Analysis
