The Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:93) tracks the experiences of a cohort of recent college graduates, more specifically, those who received the baccalaureate degree during the 1992-93 academic year and were first interviewed as part of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS). Ultimately, B&B:93 will provide data to assess the outcomes of postsecondary education and graduate and professional program access. The first follow-up interview (B&B:93/94) collected information from respondents one year after they received their bachelor's degree, and collected undergraduate transcripts for each respondent. B&B:93/97, conducted in the summer of 1997 about four years after graduation, is the second follow-up in the series. This report presents information on the Second Follow-up Field Test that was conducted in the summer of 1996 in preparation for the April, 1997 study. The field test followed a sample of 1,850 individuals who were selected as part of the NPSAS:92 field test and comprised the sample for the B&B:93 field test. This report provides information from the field test concerning: 1) The quality of the survey instrument - screen formats, skip patterns, pre-loaded information, and on-line coding schemes for schools, colleges, majors, industry and occupation were tested; 2)The efficiency of systems - thorough testing of each of several interactive systems, and the interfaces between them; and 3) Data collection procedures - including those used for: locating; gaining the cooperation of the B&B sample members; training telephone and field interviewers as well as locators; and making the transition between CATI and CAPI production.
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