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Pratt, Daniel J.; And Others – 1996
This document provides a summary and evaluation of the methodological procedures and results of the full-scale implementation of the Beginning Postsecondary Student Longitudinal Study Second Follow-up, 1990-94 (BPS:90/94). The study was conducted for the National Center for Education Statistics by Research Triangle Institute with the assistance of…
Descriptors: College Students, Data Collection, Estimation (Mathematics), Followup Studies
Riccobono, John A.; Cominole, Melissa B.; Siegel, Peter H.; Gabel, Tim J.; Link, Michael W.; Berkner, Lutz K. – 2002
This report describes the methods and procedures used for the 2000 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:2000). NPSAS:2000 included notable changes from previous NPSAS surveys (conducted in 1987, 1990, 1993, and 1996) in its sample design and collection of data. For example, this study is the first to restrict institutional sampling to…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Estimation (Mathematics), Higher Education
Causey, Beverly D.; Bailey, Leroy – 1999
The Private School Universe Survey (PSS) is a mail survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census under the sponsorship of the National Center for Education Statistics. The survey is designed to provide data relating to all private schools in the United States, but the private schools' list frame remains incomplete despite the best efforts to…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics), Mail Surveys
Riccobono, John A.; Whitmore, Roy W.; Gabel, Timothy J.; Traccarella, Mark A.; Pratt, Daniel J.; Berkner, Lutz K.; Malizio, Andrew G. – 1997
This report describes the methods and procedures used for the 1996 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:96). NPSAS:96, which surveyed over 830 postsecondary education institutions and over 34,000 students and parents, included important changes from previous NPSAS studies conducted in 1987, 1990, and 1993 in its sample design and data…
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Bay, Luz; Chen, Lee; Hanson, Bradley A.; Happel, Jay; Kolen, Michael J.; Miller, Timothy; Pommerich, Mary; Sconing, James; Wang, Tianyou; Welch, Catherine – 1997
This report presents an investigation by the American College Testing Program (ACT) of an alternative design for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The proposed design greatly simplifies the data collection and analysis procedures needed to produce assessment results and has the potential to produce results that are more…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Brick, J. Michael; West, Jerry – 1992
The National Household Education Survey (NHES) was conducted for the first time in 1991 as a way to collect data on the early childhood education experiences of young children and participation in adult education. Because the NHES methodology is relatively new, field tests were necessary. A large field test of approximately 15,000 households was…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Age Groups, Data Collection
Mohadjer, Leyla; West, Jerry – 1992
The National Household Education Survey (NHES) was conducted for the first time in 1991 as a way to collect data on the early childhood education experiences of young children and participation in adult education. Because the NHES methodology is relatively new, field tests were necessary. A large field test of approximately 15,000 households was…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Black Students, Data Collection, Demography
Selfa, Lance A.; Suter, Natalie; Koch, Shaun; Zahs, Daniel A.; Kuhr, Brian D.; Myers, Sharon; Johnson, Robert A.; Abraham, Sameer Y.; Zimbler, Linda J. – 1997
The 1992-93 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF-93), the second cycle of this study, surveyed institutions and faculty, with a sample of 974 public and private nonproprietary higher education institutions and 31,354 faculty members. The study was designed to provide a national profile of faculty, including their professional…
Descriptors: Coding, College Faculty, Colleges, Data Analysis
Kaufman, Steven; Huang, Hertz – 1993
The Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) represents the union of three surveys by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the Teacher Demand and Shortage Survey, the School and School Administrator Surveys, and the Teacher Survey. The SASS measures critical aspects of teaching supply and demand, the composition of the teacher and…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Data Collection, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education