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This introductory chapter describes briefly the background, objectives, methodological issues, and products of NPSAS:96. In Chapter 2, study design and method are summarized. Descriptions and overall outcomes of the several stages of data collection are presented in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 presents evaluations of procedures used to collect information from institutions, students, and parents, and examines issues related to the quality of the data collected. Chapter 5 provides descriptions of data editing, coding, variable construction and other activities associated with producing study data files. The final chapter describes the analysis weight construction and identifies precision of study estimates. Materials used during the NPSAS:96 survey, as well as other related supporting material, are provided as appendixes to the report and cited, where appropriate, in the text.
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