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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
Download full textHilton, Thomas L.; Schrader, William B. – 1985
A longitudinal study of the educational paths of humanities majors was conducted with a sample of high school seniors who participated in the National Longitudinal Study (NLS) of the High School Class of 1972. Comparisons to the 1980 NLS seniors cohort were also made. Students completed a survey as seniors as well as four follow-up surveys. The…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Attendance, College Graduates, Comparative Analysis
Howard, Walter R. – 1975
This planning conference was one in a series of such conferences aimed at providing continuous guidance for the development of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) a study designed to discover what happens to young adults after they leave high school, and to relate this information to earlier educational…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Followup Studies
Peng, Samuel S.; And Others – 1977
A group of high school self-reported dropouts and a group of simulated high school dropouts were compared with graduates in their participation rates, efforts required for data collection, and the overall quality of their responses in the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. The results indicate that dropouts are less…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Dropouts
Anderson, Kristine L. – 1986
College student persistence and overall educational attainment were studied, based on data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Attention was directed to the influence of student socioeconomic status, academic aptitude and preparation, educational goal commitment, college quality/selectivity, college orientation…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Educational Attainment
Peng, Samuel S.; And Others – 1977
Over 150 journal articles, papers presented at professional meetings, dissertations, government publications, contract reports, and studies in progress as of March 1977 on the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) are annotated and indexed by subject, author, and sponsoring agency. Introductory chapters describe the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Development, College Attendance, Cultural Influences
Conger, Anthony J.; And Others – 1976
A review of the literature on the validity and reliability of survey data is presented prior to an analysis of the reliability of selected questions in the Second Followup Questionnaire of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS). The reliability study includes an evaluation of test-retest reliability as a function of…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Demography
Peng, Samuel S.; And Others – 1975
The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 has completed two phases of data collection: the Base-Year and the First Follow-Up Surveys. This paper summarizes some of the findings from cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of that data. A cross-sectional analysis of the base-year results yielded information on grades, work,…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, College Choice
