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Patrick, Megan E.; Terry-McElrath, Yvonne M.; Berglund, Patricia; Pang, Yuk C.; Heeringa, Steven G.; Si, Yajuan – Institute for Social Research, 2023
The Monitoring the Future (MTF) study monitors historical and developmental changes in substance use prevalence among key subgroups of the general U.S. adolescent and adult population. The current study first devised and evaluated a cohort-specific pooled analysis weighing procedure for the MTF panel study that weighted back to the initial 12th…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Incidence, Adolescents, Adults
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Nord, C.; Hicks, L.; Hoover, K.; Jones, M.; Lin, A.; Lyons, M.; Perkins, R.; Roey, S.; Rust, K.; Sickles, D. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
This user's guide documents the procedures used to collect, process, and summarize data from the 2009 High School Transcript Study (HSTS 2009). Chapters detail the sampling of schools and graduates (chapters 2 and 3), data collection procedures (chapter 4), data processing procedures (chapter 5), and weighting procedures (chapter 6). Chapter 7…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Academic Records, National Competency Tests, Questionnaires
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Broughman, Stephen P.; Swaim, Nancy L.; Hryczaniuk, Cassie A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
In 1988, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) introduced a proposal to develop a private school data collection that would improve on the sporadic collection of private school data dating back to 1890 and improve on commercially available private school sampling frames. Since 1989, the U.S. Bureau of the Census has conducted the…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Statistical Significance, Sampling, Statistics
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
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
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
Johnson, Eugene G.; And Others – 1994
The 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) monitored the performance of students in American schools in reading, mathematics, science, and writing. The sample consisted of more than 145,000 public and private school students in grades 4, 8, 11, and 12. This technical report provides details of instrument development, sample…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Assessment