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Rothman, Sheldon – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2009
This technical paper examines the issue of attrition bias in two cohorts of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY), based on an analysis using data from 1995 to 2002. Data up to 2002 provided eight years of information on members of the Y95 cohort and five years of information on members of the Y98 cohort. This study suggests that…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Adults
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Hinkle, Dennis E.; Oliver, J. Dale – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1983
In this paper, tables for the appropriate sample sizes are presented and discussed in the context that the determination of the effect size must precede the determination of the sample size. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Effect Size, Research Methodology, Research Needs, Research Problems
Cole, Cornette; Schwanz, Dennis J. – 1998
This document contains two papers related to the 1993-94 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). The first paper documents some of the problems that were encountered during student sample selection and the methods used to resolve those problems. It also provides some suggestions to alleviate some of the problems in future SASS studies. Significant…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Structure, National Surveys
Jackson, Betty J.; Frazier, Richard L. – 1996
In 1987 the U.S. Census Bureau created a universe of private elementary and secondary schools for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). This universe has been updated every 2 years through list frame updating and area frame updating. For the list frame updating, lists of private schools are obtained from various associations around…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics, National Surveys