| Title: | High School and Beyond Fourth Follow-Up Methodology Report. Technical Report. |
| Description: | This report describes and evaluates the methods, procedures, techniques, and activities that produced the fourth (1992) follow-up of the High School and Beyond (HS&B) study. HS&B began in 1980 as the successor to the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. The original collection techniques of HS&B were replaced by computer assisted telephone interviews, and other electronic techniques replaced the original methods. HS&B data are more user-friendly and less resource-dependent as a results of these changes. There were 2 components to the fourth follow-up: (1) the respondent survey which was a computer assisted telephone interview (CATI) based on 14,825 members of the 1980 sophomore cohort, and (2) a transcript study based on the 9,064 sophomore cohort members who reported postsecondary attendance. The response to the respondent survey was 85.3%. Response rate for the transcript study varied from 50.4% at private, for-profit institutions to 95.1% at public, four-year institutions. Technical innovations in this survey round included verification and correction of previously collected data through the CATI instrument, online coding applications, and statistical quality control. Survey data and information about the methodology are presented in 49 tables. An appendix contains the transcript request packages. (SLD) |
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| Cover Date: | April 1995 |
| Web Release: | April 12, 1995 |
| Print Release: | April 12, 1995 |
| Publication #: | NCES 195426 General Ordering Information |
| Center/Program: | NCES |
| Authors: | Daniel Zahs and Others |
| Type of Product: | Technical/Methodological Report |
| Survey/Program Areas: |
High School and Beyond (HS&B) |
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