USER'S MANUAL: NELS:88 Base-Year to Fourth Follow-up: Student Component Data File

Title:	USER'S MANUAL: NELS:88 Base-Year to Fourth Follow-up: Student Component Data File
Description:	This data file user's manual documents the procedures and methodologies employed during the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88). The manual is designed to provide guidance and documentation for users of the public-release data for the base-year data collection in 1988 through the fourth follow-up study, which took place 12 years later in 2000 (NELS:88/2000). Included in this report are also the results of the intermediate data collections, which took place in 1990 (the first follow-up study, 1992 (the second follow-up study), and 1994 (the third follow-up NELS:88/94). This manual will familiarize the user with each wave of NELS:88
Online Availability:	Download, view and print the report as a pdf file. (1,316KB) Download, view and print appendix G and H of the report as a pdf file. (62KB)
Cover Date:	July 2002
Web Release:	August 23, 2002
Print Release:	August 22, 2002
Publication #:	NCES 2002323 General Ordering Information
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Thomas R. Curtin, Steven J. Ingels, Shiying Wu, & Ruth Heuer, Research Triangle Institute
Type of Product:	User's Manual/Data File Documentation
Survey/Program Areas:	National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88)
Keywords:	Educational Research Interviews Response Rates Statistical Standards and Methodology Student Assessment
Questions:	For questions about the content of this User's Manual/Data File Documentation, please contact: Elise Christopher.