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The Importance of Child-Care Characteristics to Choice of Care.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Johansen, Anne S.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1996
Examines the influence of importance ratings of intrinsic and extrinsic characteristics of child care on parents' choice of care. Found that parents who value developmental characteristics of care chose center care and that parents for whom hours, location, and cost of care are important chose care at home. (RB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cost Effectiveness, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Relative Efficiencies of a Three-Stage Versus a Two-Stage Sample Design For a New NLS Cohort Study. 22U-884-38.
Folsom, R. E.; Weber, J. H. – 1976
Two sampling designs were compared for the planned 1978 national longitudinal survey of high school seniors with respect to statistical efficiency and cost. The 1972 survey used a stratified two-stage sample of high schools and seniors within schools. In order to minimize interviewer travel costs, an alternate sampling design was proposed,…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Efficiency
Does It Pay To Attend an Elite Private College? Evidence on the Effects of Undergraduate College Quality on Graduate School Attendance.
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Eide, Eric; Brewer, Dominic J.; Ehrenberg, Ronald G. – Economics of Education Review, 1998
Explores whether benefits of attending an elite college have kept pace with rising costs. Examines whether undergraduate college quality affects probability of attending graduate school, using data on three student cohorts from two national longitudinal studies. Generally, attending an elite private college significantly increases the probability…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Attendance, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Benefits
The Economic Effects of Vocational Education.
Conroy, William G., Jr. – VocEd, 1980
As long as vocational education is presented as an investment in the future, it must stand the test of economic evaluation. Research on its economic effectiveness is essential to more informed public policy and support for vocational programs. (SK)
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Economics, Government School Relationship
The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. First Follow-Up. Survey Procedures to Maximize Participation.
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
Efficiency Study of NLS Base-Year Design. RTI-22U-884-3.
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
Efficiency Study of the NLS Sample Design. 22U-884-3.
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