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Wisenbaker, Joseph M. – 1981
The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) employs a combination of mail, telephone, and personal interview data-gathering techniques. The NLS quality control process begins with editing each returned questionnaire to determine if certain key items are answered and if responses are consistent. If the respondent failed…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Editing, Error Patterns, Graduate Surveys
Henderson, Louise B.; Allen, Danny R. – 1981
The data entry quality control procedures in discrete data entry tasks in the National Longitudinal Study (NLS) Fourth Follow-Up Survey are examined. Direct data entry terminals were used to key survey questionnaire item responses, telephone interview corrections, respondent background information and supplemental questionnaire responses into…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Processing, High School Graduates, Information Storage