Education Longitudinal Study of 2002/2004: Base-Year to First Follow-up Data File Documentation <em>(including Field Test report)</em>

Title:	Education Longitudinal Study of 2002/2004: Base-Year to First Follow-up Data File Documentation (including Field Test report)
Description:	The Data File Documentation reports on the procedures and methodologies employed during the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002) base year and first follow-up. The document is designed to provide guidance for users of the public-use data as released in Electronic Codebook (ECB) format (NCES 2006-346). Included in the documentation are the following: an overview of the study and its predecessor studies; an account of instrumentation (both assessments and various questionnaires); documentation of the sample design, weighting, design effects, and evaluations of data quality; a summary of the data collection methodology and results, including detailed response rates; a description of data preparation and processing activities; and an overview of data file structure and contents. In addition, there are a number of appendices that provide additional technical details about topics ranging from cross-cohort comparison to issues associated with imputation. The Field Test report for the ELS:2002/04 first follow-up data collection can be found in Appendix J of the first follow-up data file documentation manual.
Online Availability:	Download, view and print the entire data documentation as a pdf file. (1,853KB) Download, view and print chapters 1 (Introduction) and 2 (Instrumentation) of the data documentation as a pdf file. (610KB) Download, view and print chapters 3-6 on sample design, datafile preparation, and data file content of the data documentation as a pdf file. (804KB) Download, view and print appendices A-J of the electronic code book, the questionnaires, imputation, cross-cohort comparisons, standard errors, and design effects of the data documentation as a pdf file. (894KB) Download, view and print the Electronic Code Book as a pdf file. (1,224KB)
Cover Date:	October 2005
Web Release:	December 16, 2005
Publication #:	NCES 2006344
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Steven J. Ingels, Daniel J. Pratt, James E. Rogers, Peter H. Siegel, and Ellen S. Stutts (RTI International)
Type of Product:	User's Manual/Data File Documentation
Survey/Program Areas:	Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS)
Keywords:	Achievement (Student) Educational Attainment Educational Goals Secondary Education • longitudinal studies
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