INTRODUCTION

DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPTS AND METHODS
1-1 Initial Planning of Surveys
1-2 Publication and Product Planning
1-3 Computation of Response Rates
1-4 Codes and Abbreviations
1-5 Defining Race and Ethnicity Data
1-6 Discretionary Grant Descriptions

PLANNING AND DESIGN OF SURVEYS
2-1 Design of Surveys
2-2 Survey Response Rate Parameters
2-3 Developing RFPs for Surveys
2-4 Pretesting Survey Systems
2-5 Maintaining Data Series Over Time
2-6 Educational Testing

COLLECTION OF DATA
3-1 Coverage for Frames and Samples
3-2 Achieving Acceptable Response Rates
3-3 Monitoring and Documenting Survey Contracts
3-4 Documenting a Survey System

PROCESSING AND EDITING OF DATA
4-1 Data Editing and Imputation of Item Nonresponse
4-2 Maintaining Confidentiality
4-3 Evaluation of Surveys
4-4 Nonresponse Bias Analysis

ANALYSIS OF DATA/PRODUCTION OF ESTIMATES OR PROJECTIONS
5-1 Statistical Analysis, Inference, and Comparisons
5-2 Variance Estimation
5-3 Rounding
5-4 Tabular and Graphic Presentations of Data

ESTABLISHMENT OF REVIEW PROCEDURES
6-1 Review of Reports and Data Products

DISSEMINATION OF DATA
7-1 Machine Readable Products
7-2 Survey Documentation in Reports
7-3 Release and Dissemination of Reports and Data Products

GLOSSARY

APPENDIX A
Race and Ethnicity

APPENDIX B
Imputation

APPENDIX C
Tabular Guidelines

APPENDIX D
Survey titles