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Tourangeau, Karen; Nord, Christine; Lê, Thanh; Wallner-Allen, Kathleen; Vaden-Kiernan, Nancy; Blaker, Lisa; Najarian, Michelle – National Center for Education Statistics, 2018
This manual provides guidance and documentation for users of the longitudinal kindergarten-fourth grade (K-4) public-use data file of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011), which includes the first release of the public version of the third-grade data. This manual mainly provides information specific…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Children, Surveys, Kindergarten
Mason, Jennifer – 1997
This book is intended to explain principles of qualitative research to potential researchers and to provide them with a set of tools, and guidelines for critical thinking as they carry out such research. The chapters are organized around the elements of the research process which require decisions. Following an introductory chapter, Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Epistemology, Interviews
Lake, Celinda C.; Harper, Pat Callbeck – 1987
This book presents hands-on information on how to plan, administer, and analyze opinion polls. Guidance is also offered on how to make this strategy accessible to public interest groups. Several examples, checklists, warnings of possible pitfalls, and lists of material and human resources occur throughout the chapters. Major sections address the…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Study, Community Surveys, Data Collection
Kaplan, Oscar – 1983
Guidelines are provided for designing and conducting a telephone opinion poll of the community. Issues discussed in the first part of this guide include determining the proper sample size, drawing a representative sample of the general adult population or of voters, selecting phone numbers, making call-backs, obtaining the proper male-female…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Surveys, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1995
This manual was developed to assist school jurisdiction personnel in implementing effective customer satisfaction surveys by telephone or through mailed surveys to be completed by the customer. It provides background information about market research field activities and processes and gives an overview of the entire data collection process,…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Interviews
Wright, Linus – 1983
These tips on surveying public opinion are based on the contention that community surveys can be useful to educators who want to know what the community is thinking about education, are ready to respond, and have no qualms about making survey results public. The author first discusses the importance of determination of the community survey's…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Interviews
Dzierlenga, Donna; Friedlander, Jack – 1981
Practical information is provided, in a question and answer format, for community college officials who are planning to conduct a community needs assessment. A brief discussion of the usefulness of needs assessment surveys to the college planning process is followed by descriptions of eight steps to be followed in planning and conducting a survey:…
Descriptors: Bias, Community Colleges, Community Needs, Community Study
Banach, William J. – 1980
To help improve school public relations programs, this handbook tells how to use survey and feedback techniques and how to interpret survey results. The first chapter gives a brief overview of the usefulness of surveys for getting community feedback. Chapter 2 recommends beginning by deciding what one wants to know from a survey, what human and…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Shoffner, Sarah M. – 1984
This manual includes strategies for conducting wave 4 of a longitudinal follow-up study. Part 1, Procedures for Researchers, outlines steps to be used in guiding the research process to achieve indepth, qualitative interviews with a group of the original sample members who were studied over a 15-year period. It includes guidelines and procedures…
Descriptors: Adults, Data Collection, Followup Studies, Guidelines

Collins, Mary A.; And Others – 1996
The 1995 National Household Education Survey (NHES:95) was a random digit dial telephone survey of households developed by the National Center for Education Statistics. The NHES:95 included two topical survey components: the Adult Education component, which collected information about adults' participation in adult education, and the Early…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Day Care
Brown, James Dean – 1997
A discussion of survey methodology for investigating second language programs and instruction examines two methods: oral interviews and written questionnaires. Each method is defined, and variations are explored. For interviews, this includes individual, group, and telephone interviews. For questionnaires, this includes self-administered and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Data Collection, Data Interpretation
Books, Marilyn – 1997
A discussion of in-depth interviewing as a method for research on language teaching and learning situates the technique within the continuum of research methodology and differentiates it from quantitative research methods. The strengths and weaknesses of in-depth interviewing are examined, methods of sampling are discussed, and advice on the…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection
Holt, Daniel D., Ed. – 1994
A discussion of family literacy projects focuses on alternatives to traditional methods of program evaluation. In the first chapter, the distinction between standardized and alternative assessments is clarified and the special evaluation needs of family literacy projects are highlighted. The remainder of the handbook is intended to help program…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Classroom Observation Techniques, English (Second Language), Family Literacy
Morris, Lynn Lyons; Fitz-Gibbon, Carol Taylor – 1978
Measuring attainment of the program's objectives and describing the program's implementation are listed as two of the evaluator's major responsibilities. The description should include an explanation of the context in which the program was initiated, as well as the component materials and activities. This booklet has three purposes: (1) suggesting…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Grube, Joel W.; Keefe, Deborah B.; Stewart, Kathryn – Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 2002
People who care about young people are aware of the serious problems caused by underage alcohol use. They should also be aware that there are many effective strategies for reducing underage drinking, and every state and community should be using these strategies. The "Guide to Conducting Youth Surveys" provides information about one important tool…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Drinking, Drug Use, Confidentiality