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Dunteman, George H.; Bailey, John P. – 1974
The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 was initiated in the spring of 1972. A national probability sample of l8,000 students from 1,070 schools completed a Student Questionnaire dealing with factors related to personal and family background, educational and work experiences, plans, aspirations, attitudes, and opinions.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Career Development, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Download full textConger, Anthony J.; And Others – 1976
A review of the literature on the validity and reliability of survey data is presented prior to an analysis of the reliability of selected questions in the Second Followup Questionnaire of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS). The reliability study includes an evaluation of test-retest reliability as a function of…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Demography
Eckland, Bruce K.; Bailey, J. P., Jr. – 1977
The National Longitudinal Study (NLS) is a long-term program designed to determine what happens to young adults after they leave high school, as measured by their subsequent educational and vocational activities, plans, aspirations, and attitude at various points in time. The second followup survey, which is reported here, began in October 1974…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Family Life, Family Mobility, Followup Studies
Fetters, William B. – 1975
The National Longitudinal Study (NLS) is periodically querying a large national sample of members of the high school class of 1972 to chart their educational, vocational, and personal development and to relate this information back to earlier experiences, plans, and personal and biographical attributes. The study will provide a better…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Career Planning, Comparative Analysis, Geographic Regions
Creech, F. Reid; And Others – 1977
At the time of the First Followup Survey of the members of the High School Class of 1972, approximately 18 months after graduation, sixty-five percent were unemployed, and eight percent were out of work. Forty-two percent were taking academic courses in a college or university. Graduates of the vocational high school curriculum were employed at…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Discriminant Analysis
Fleming, Emmett L., Jr.; And Others – 1974
Though a previous study examined the data for vocational-technical students provided by the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972, it did not exhaust the possibilities for evaluation of the data. The current study concentrated on three specific areas of analysis: (1) educational characteristics of students and selected…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aspiration, Background, Data Analysis
Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. Center for Educational Research and Evaluation. – 1977
Data obtained from thousands of respondents to the Base-Year Student Questionnaire and First Followup Questionnaire of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 were used to investigate self-esteem, locus of control, and work-, community-, and family-related life goals, and to generate profile means and standard deviations…
Descriptors: Ability, Career Development, Demography, Educational Development
