National Postsecondary Student Aid Study 1999-2000 [NPSAS:2000] Methodology Report

This report describes the methods and procedures used for the 2000 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:2000). NPSAS:2000 is a comprehensive study of financial aid among postsecondary education students in the United States and Puerto Rico that provides information on trends in financial aid and on the ways in which families pay for postsecondary education. NPSAS:2000 included important changes from previous NPSAS surveys (conducted in 1987, 1990, 1993, and 1996) in its sample design and collection of data. For example, the current study is the first to utilize a Web-based computer-assisted data entry (Web-CADE) system for student record abstraction. However, sufficient comparability in survey design and instrumentation was maintained to ensure that important comparisons with past NPSAS studies could be made.

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• Download, view and print Chapter 1 Introduction, Background, and Purpose as a pdf file
• Download, view and print Chapter 2 Design and Method as a pdf file
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• Download, view and print Appendix A: NPSAS:2000 Technical Review Panel as a pdf file
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