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National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS)
7. Methodology and evaluation Reports
General
Berkner, L.K., He, S., Lew, S., Cominole, M.B., and Siegel, P.H. (2005). 2003–04
National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04) Student Financial Aid Estimates
for 2003–04 (NCES 2005-158). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute
of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005158.pdf.
Cominole, M., Riccobono, J., Siegel, P., and Caves, L. (2010). 2007–08 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:08) Full-scale Methodology Report (NCES 2011-188). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2011/2011188a.pdf.
Cominole, M.B., Siegel, P.H., Dudley, K., Roe, D., and Gilligan, T. (2006). 2004
National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04) Full-Scale Methodology
Report (NCES 2006-180). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of
Education Sciences, U.S. Department ofEducation. Washington, DC.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006180.pdf.
Flyer, P.A. (1987). Finite Population Correction for Replication Estimates of Variance. In Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, American Statistical Association. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
Kaufman, S. (2004). Using the Bootstrap in a Two-Stage Design When Some Second-Stage Strata Have Only One Unit Allocated. Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Section on Survey Research Methods.
Kott, P.S. (1988). Model-Based Finite Population Correction for the Horvitz-Thompson Estimator. Biometrika, 75(4): 797–799.
Loft, J.D., Riccobono, J.A., Whitmore, R.W., Fitzgerald, R.A., and Berkner, L.K.
(1995). Methodology Report for the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, 1992–93
(NCES 95-211). National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government
Printing Office.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs95/95211.pdf.
Malizio, A.G. (1990). Methodology Report for the National Postsecondary Student Aid
Study, 1987 (NCES 90-309). National Center for Education Statistics. Washington,
DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=90309.
Malizio, A.G. (1992). Methodology Report for the 1990 National Postsecondary Student
Aid Study (NCES 92-080). National Center for Education Statistics. Washington,
DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs92/92080.pdf.
Malizio, A.G. (1995). Electronic E.D. TAB: National Postsecondary Student Aid Study: Estimates of Student Financial Aid: 1992-93 (NCES 95-746). National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs95/95746.pdf.
Malizio, A.G. (1997). National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, 1995-96: Student Financial Aid Estimates for Federal Aid Recipients, 1995-96 (NCES 97-937). National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs/97937.pdf.
Malizio, A.G. (2001). National Postsecondary Student Aid Study: Student Financial
Aid Estimates for 1999–2000 (NCES 2001-209). National Center for Education
Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2001/2001209.pdf.
Radwin, D., Conzelmann, J.G., Nunnery, A., Lacy, T.A., Wu, J., Lew, S., Wine, J., and Siegel, P. (2018). 2015–16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16): Student Financial Aid Estimates for 2015–16 (NCES 2018-466). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2018/2018466.pdf.
Radwin, D., Wine, J., Siegel, P., and Bryan, M. (2013). 2011–12 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:12): Student Financial Aid Estimates for 2011–12 (NCES 2013-165). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2013/2013165.pdf.
Riccobono, J.A., Cominole, M.B., Siegel, P.H., Gabel, T.J., Link, M.W., and Berkner,
L.K. (2002). National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, 1999–2000 (NPSAS:2000) Methodology
Report (NCES 2002-152). National Center for Education Statistics. Washington,
DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/2002152.pdf.
Riccobono, J.A., Whitmore, R.W., Gabel, T.J., Traccarella, M.A., Pratt, D.J., and
Berkner, L.K. (1997). National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, 1995–96 (NPSAS:96)
Methodology Report (NCES 98-073). National Center for Education Statistics.
Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/98073.pdf.
Wei, C.C., Berkner, L., He, S., Lew, S., Cominole, M., and Siegel, P. (2009). 2007–08
National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:08): Student Financial Aid Estimates
for 2007–08: First Look (NCES 2009-166). National Center for Education
Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington,
DC.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009166.pdf.
Wine, J., Bryan, M., and Siegel, P. (2014). 2011–12 National Postsecondary
Student Aid Study (NPSAS:12) Data File Documentation (NCES 2014-182). National
Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S.
Department of Education. Washington, DC.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/2014182.pdf.
Wine, J., Siegel, P., Stollberg, R. (2018) 2015–16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16) Data File Documentation (NCES 2018-482). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2018/2018482.pdf.
Survey Design
Malizio, A.G. (1996). National Postsecondary Student Aid Study: 1996 Field Test
Methodology Report (NCES Working Paper 96-17). National Center for Education
Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs96/9617.pdf.
Data Quality and Comparability
Ault, K., Black, S., Chromy, J.,
Fahimi, M., Siegel, P.H., Trofimovich, L., Whitmore,
R.W., and Berkner, L.K. (2003). Imputation Methodology for the National Postsecondary
Student Aid Study: 2004 (NCES Working Paper 2003-20). National Center for
Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.
Washington, DC.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/200320.pdf.
Salvucci, S., Walter, E., Conley, V., Fink, S., and Saba, M. (1997). Measurement
Error Studies at the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES 97-464). National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing
Office.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs97/97464.pdf.
