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Doehler, Kirsten – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2018
This paper explores the implementation of service-learning projects in a survey sampling statistics course. In these projects, students worked with a community partner to develop and administer a survey, analyze the data collected, and present the results. A study with 23 participants was conducted to investigate whether students' attitudes…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Statistics, Statistical Surveys, Sampling
Bureau of the Census (DOC), Washington, DC. Data User Services Div. – 1983
This report provides technical documentation associated with a 1980 Census of Population and Housing Summary Tape File (STF) 3F--which contains responses to the extended questionnaire summarized in STF 3, aggregated by school district. The file contains sample data inflated to represent the total population, 100% counts, and unweighted sample…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Databases, Demography, Educational Background
Russ-Eft, Darlene F. – 1981
A framework is described for preparing process profiles of two different surveys conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES): the Recent College Graduates Survey and the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) Fall Enrollment Survey. The process profile examines the adequacy of the entire survey process, using…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Error of Measurement, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Karst, Ralph R. – 1996
This brief report summarizes the results of a survey of professors of educational administration in the southern region of the United States, which sought to determine whether preparation programs were democratically administered. The survey included some demographic questions, 12 questions that asked respondents to rank preparation programs…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Democratic Values
Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD. – 1990
To establish a comprehensive national database on postsecondary student financial aid, the National Center for Education Statistics conducted the 1987 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS). Objectives were to: (1) determine the costs of postsecondary education for aided and non-aided students; (2) evaluate how students finance their…
Descriptors: College Students, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Database Design
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