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Ingels, Steven J.; Herget, Deborah; Pratt, Daniel J.; Dever, Jill; Copello, Elizabeth; Leinwand, Steve – National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
This report examines the results of the field test for the base year of the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09). The general purposes of the field test were, in anticipation of the base-year full-scale effort, to test instruments, forms, and procedures; to experiment with different approaches to questionnaire content and survey…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Field Tests, Sampling, Data Collection
Benrud, C. H.; Williams, R. L. – 1981
The major emphasis of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) has been directed toward individuals in the 1972 high school graduating class. Consequently, sampling parameters were established to ensure student representation, and the bulk of data collected were individual-level data. School-level data exist on a…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Graduate Surveys, High Schools
McAdams, Kathy; And Others – 1981
Meant to study post secondary educational and vocational activities, the National Longitudinal Survey of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) is reported to have consistently succeeded in overcoming diminishing response rates and sample attrition found in other longitudinal surveys. The purpose of understanding the focus and experiences affecting…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Grade 12, Graduate Surveys, High Schools
Riccobono, John A., Ed.; And Others – 1981
The fourth mail and personal interview followup survey from October 1979 to May 1980 is reported as part of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS). The report is methodological, historical and descriptive in nature, but contains no analytical results. Reference to earlier reports is provided in determining post…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Grade 12, Graduate Surveys, High Schools
Collins, Elmer F.; Bailey, J. P. Jr. – 1975
The field survey procedures employed and the response rates obtained in the First Follow-Up Survey of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) are described. The first step in data collection for First Follow-Up involved an extensive tracing operation to update name and address files. A newsletter was mailed out to…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection, Followup Studies
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Research 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
Jones, Calvin C. – 1986
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is compared to the two studies of the National Educational Longitudinal Studies (NELS) Program--the National Longitudinal Study of the Class of 1972 (resurveyed in 1973, 1974, 1976, and 1979) and the 1980 High School and Beyond study (partially resurveyed and retested in 1982). The third phase…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, 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
Schrader, W.B.; Hilton, Thomas L. – 1975
Project TALENT, the Equality of Educational Opportunity Survey, and the Base-Year Survey of the National Longitudinal Study tested national probability samples of American high school seniors in 1960, 1965, and 1972. This study is concerned with the feasibility of using these data for studying trends in educational attainment. Three separate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Trends
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
Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. Center for Educational Research and Evaluation. – 1973
This conference was held to review the base year activities of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) and the First Followup Study. Planning also took place for the design of the Second Followup Study and the Cohort Study of the High School Class of 1977. The participants included invited consultants and…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Dropouts
Dunteman, George H.; Bailey, John P. – 1974
The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 was initiated in the spring of 1972. A national probability sample of l8,000 students from 1,070 schools completed a Student Questionnaire dealing with factors related to personal and family background, educational and work experiences, plans, aspirations, attitudes, and opinions.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Career Development, Data Analysis, Data Collection