- Introduction
- Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL)
- Academic Libraries Survey (ALS)
- Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) Longitudinal Study
- Beginning Postsecondary Students (BPS) Longitudinal Study
- Beginning Teacher Longitudinal Study(BTLS)
- Common Core of Data (CCD)
- Current Population Survey (CPS)
- Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)
- Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998‑99 (ECLS‑K)
- Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010–11 (ECLS‑K:2011)
- Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS 2002)
- Quick Response Information System (FRSS/PEQIS)
- High School and Beyond (HS&B) Longitudinal Study
- High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)
- High School Transcript Studies (HSTS)
- International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS)
- Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
- Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017– 18 (MGLS:2017)
- National Assessment of Adulty Literacy (NAAL)
- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
- National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS)
- National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS 88)
- National Household Education Survey Program (NHES)
- National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1982 (NLS 72)
- National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS)
- National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF)
- National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS)
- Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)
- Progress In International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
- Program For International Student Assessment (PISA)
- Private School Universe Survey (PSS)
- School and Staffing Survey (SASS)
- SASS Principal Follow-Up Survey (PFS)
- SASS School Library Media Center Survey (SLS)
- SASS Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS)
- Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED)
- Crime and Safety Surveys (SCS & SSOCS)
- Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS)
- Trends In International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
Quick Response Information System: Postsecondary Education Quick Information System (PEQIS)
4. SURVEY DESIGN
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Target Population
PEQIS employs a standing sample (panel) of approximately 1,600 postsecondary education institutions at the 2–year and 4–year level. The nationally representative panel includes public and private colleges and universities that award associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. PEQIS can also conduct surveys of state higher education agencies.
Sample Design
Most PEQIS institutional surveys use a previously recruited, nationally representative panel of institutions. The PEQIS panel was originally selected and recruited in 1991–92. In 1996, 2002, 2006, and 2011, the PEQIS panel was reselected to reflect changes in the postsecondary education universe that had occurred since the original panel was selected. A modified Keyfitz approach was used to maximize overlap between the panels for each reselection. This approach resulted in about 80 percent of the institutions overlapping for each reselection of the panel.
The 2011 PEQIS panel was constructed from the 2009–10 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Institutional Characteristics file. Both the 2011 PEQIS survey on dual enrollment programs and courses for high school students and the 2013 PEQIS survey on services and support programs for military service members and veterans at postsecondary institutions used the 2011 PEQIS panel.
Institutions eligible for the 2011 PEQIS frame included 2-year and 4-year (including graduate-level) institutions that are both Title IV eligible and degree-granting, and are located in the 50 states and the District of Columbia: a total of 4,485 institutions. The 2011 PEQIS sampling frame was stratified by instructional level (4-year, 2-year), control (public, private nonprofit, private for-profit), highest level of offering (doctor's/first-professional, master's, bachelor's, less than bachelor's), and total enrollment to create 43 primary strata. Within each of the strata, institutions were sorted by region (Northeast, Southeast, Central, West) and by whether the institution had a relatively high combined enrollment of American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or Hispanic students. The sample of approximately 1,650 institutions was allocated to the strata in proportion to the aggregate square root of total enrollment. Institutions within a primary stratum were sampled with equal probabilities of selection.
Data Collection and Processing
Typically, PEQIS surveys are self-administered questionnaires with respondents offered the option of completing the survey on paper (submitted by mail, fax, or email) or via the Web, with telephone follow-up for survey nonresponse and data clarification. Surveys are limited to three pages of questions, with a response burden of about 30 to 45 minutes per respondent. The questionnaires are pretested, and efforts are made to check for consistency in the interpretation of questions and to eliminate ambiguous items before fielding the survey to all institutions in the sample.
The questionnaires are mailed to PEQIS institutions along with a description of the intended respondent (e.g., the person at the institution most knowledgeable about services and support programs for military service members and veterans at the institution). Nonrespondents who have not returned the survey within a set period of time are followed up by telephone. For questionnaires completed on paper, data are keyed with 100 percent verification. To check the data for accuracy and consistency, questionnaire responses from all modes undergo range and logic editing. Cases with missing or inconsistent items are contacted by telephone.
As an example, in the 2012-13 survey on services and support programs for military service members and veterans, questionnaires and cover letters were mailed to the PEQIS institutions. Institutions were told that the survey was designed to be completed by the person(s) most knowledgeable about services and support programs for military service members and veterans at the institution. Respondents had the option of completing the survey on paper or via the web. Telephone follow-up of nonrespondents was conducted for survey nonresponse and data clarification.
Estimation Methods
Weighting. The response data are weighted to produce national estimates. The weights are designed to adjust for the variable probabilities of selection and differential nonresponse. For recent PEQIS surveys, the weighted number of eligible institutions represents the estimated universe of approximately 4,380 Title IV-eligible degree-granting institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Imputation. Item nonresponse rates for PEQIS surveys are typically very low (less than 1 percent for most items). Data are imputed for all items with a response rate of less than 100 percent.
As an example of the imputation process, in the 2012-13 survey on services and support programs for military service members and veterans, missing data were imputed using a "hot-deck"approach to obtain a "donor" institution from which the imputed values were derived. Under the hot-deck approach, a donor institution that matched selected characteristics of the institution with missing data (the recipient institution) was identified. Once a donor was found, it was used to derive the imputed values for the institution with missing data. For categorical items, the imputed value was simply the corresponding value from the donor institution. For numerical items, the imputed value was calculated by taking the donor's response for that item and dividing that number by the total number of students enrolled in the donor institution. This ratio was then multiplied by the total number of students enrolled in the recipient institution to provide an imputed value.
Future Plans
At this time, there are not any future data collections planned for PEQIS.