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Prodromou, Theodosia – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2016
In the Australian mathematics curriculum, Year 12 students (aged 16-17) are asked to solve conditional probability problems that involve the representation of the problem situation with two-way tables or three-dimensional diagrams and consider sampling procedures that result in different correct answers. In a small exploratory study, we…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Thinking Skills, Probability, Sampling
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Graham, Shawna; Parmer, Randall; Chambers, Lisa; Tourkin, Steven; Lyter, Deanna M. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
The Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) is sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education and is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. TFS is a follow-up survey of selected elementary and secondary school teachers who participated in the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). SASS is the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Teaching (Occupation)
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Ingels, Steven J.; Pratt, Daniel J.; Herget, Deborah R.; Burns, Laura J.; Dever, Jill A.; Ottem, Randolph; Rogers, James E.; Jin, Ying; Leinwand, Steve – National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
The High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) is the fifth in a series of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) secondary longitudinal studies. The core research questions for HSLS:09 explore secondary to postsecondary transition plans and the evolution of those plans; the paths into and out of science, technology, engineering,…
Descriptors: High Schools, Longitudinal Studies, Secondary Education, School Statistics
Mayo, Clyde C. – 1969
Three United States Air Force job inventory procedures were studied in depth, categorizing task statements by duties, interviewing technical advisers for job information, and detecting bias in survey samples. Variations in the usual grouping of supervisory tasks were found to be occasionally necessary. Depending upon the career ladder surveyed,…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Bibliographies, Interviews, Job Analysis
Lucas, William A.; Adams, William C. – 1977
This report documents a methodological study conducted for the National Science Foundation to investigate the effects of different media environments on relationships between local television news viewing and local knowledge. The study serves two purposes: it establishes tne reliability of data collected in an investigation by Rand of the effects…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Interviews, Research Methodology, Sampling
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Weir, C. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1976
The relationships between class of degree in psychology from one department and (a) interview ratings, (b) two adult intelligence tests, and (c) advanced-level examinations were examined in a sample of 145 students from four-year groups. (Editor)
Descriptors: Competitive Selection, Interviews, Psychological Studies, Research Methodology
Vaden-Kiernan, Nancy; Nicchitta, Patricia G.; Montaquila, Jill; Collins, Mary A. – 1997
The National Household Education Survey (NHES) is a data collection system of the National Center for Education Statistics that concentrates on aspects of education that can best be addressed through contacts with households rather than institutions. The NHES is a telephone survey of the noninstitutionalized civilian population of the United…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Involvement
Collins, Mary A.; Brick, J. Michael; Loomis, Laura S.; Nicchitta, Patricia G.; Fleischman, Susan – 1997
The National Household Education Survey (NHES) is a data collection effort of the National Center for Education Statistics that collects and publishes data on the condition of education in the United States. The NHES is designed to provide information on issues that are best addressed by contacting households rather than institutions. It is a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Data Collection, Databases, Early Childhood Education
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1997
The five papers from this volume, which were presented at the 1997 American Statistical Association meeting, are of particular interest to users of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) survey data. They deal with the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), a periodic survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for the NCES. The SASS…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics), Institutional Characteristics, Interviews
Javitz, Harold; Wagner, Mary – 1993
The National Longitudinal Transition Study (NLTS) of Special Education Students provides ongoing information to the special education community regarding the transition of youth with disabilities from secondary school to early adulthood. The sample for the study began with a 1987 survey (Wave 1) involving more than 8,000 youth from the national…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Interviews
Montaquila, Jill M.; Brick, J. Michael; Brock, Shelley P. – 1997
The National Household Education Survey (NHES) is a telephone survey of the noninstitutionalized civilian population of the United States that collects data on educational issues that are best explored through contact with households rather than with institutions. In the 1996 NHES (NHES:96) the topical components of interest were parent and family…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Children, Citizen Participation
Kasprzyk, Dan, Ed. – 1997
The 11 papers in this volume were presented at the 1996 American Statistical Association (ASA) meeting in Chicago (Illinois), August 4 through 8. This is the fourth collection of ASA papers of particular interest to users of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) survey data published in the "Working Papers" series. The…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Estimation (Mathematics)
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Vandergrift, Laurens – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1996
Presents listening comprehension strategies used by students learning French. Through interviews, students described their conscious use of strategies in different contexts. All evidenced a familiarity with metacognitive, cognitive, and socioaffective techniques. (50 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Communication Apprehension, Context Effect
Loft, John D.; And Others – 1995
The National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) is a comprehensive nationwide study conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics to determine how students and their families pay for postsecondary education and to describe some demographic and other characteristics of those enrolled. The study is based on a nationally…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Demography, Educational Finance