NLS:72 Technical Documentation

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Data User Manuals

Adelman, Clifford. 1992. NLS-72-Postsecondary Education Transcript Files. Data User’s Manual for Revised Transcript, Term, and Course Files. Supplementary Addendum (NCES 1992-354). U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement. https://nces.ed.gov/training/datauser/SLSD_03/assets/1992001.pdf.

Applied Urbanetics Inc. 1973. User’s Manual for 1970 Census Fourth Count (Population) School District
Data Tapes
. EF-000054. National Center for Education Statistics. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED313415.pdf.

Henderson, Louise, Jay Levinsohn, and Research Triangle Institute. 1981. National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. School File Documentation. National Center for Education Statistics. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED313401.pdf. 

Jones, Calvin, Reginald Baker, Robert Borchers, Roan Garcia-Quintana, and National Opinion Research Center. 1986. National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Postsecondary Education Transcript Study Data File User’s Manual: Contractor Report (NCES 1986-221). U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED313399.pdf. 

Levinsohn, Jay R., Louise B. Henderson, John A. Riccobono, R. Paul Moore, and Research Triangle Institute. 1978. National Longitudinal Study Base Year, First, Second, and Third Follow-Up. Data File Users Manual (NCES 78-239). Vols. 1–2. National Center for Education Statistics. https://books.google.com/books?id=d6potUazzVYC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false.

Riccobono, John, Louise B. Henderson, Graham J. Burkheimer, Carol Place, Jay Levinsohn, and Research Triangle Institute. 1981. National Longitudinal Study of 1972: Base Year (1972) through Fourth Follow-Up (1979) Data File User’s Manual. Volume 1 (NCES 1981-260). Research Triangle Institute. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs81/1981260.pdf. 

Sebring, Penny, Katherine Richardson, Barbara Campbell, et al. 1987. The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72), Fifth Follow-up (1986). Teaching Supplement. Data File User’s Manual: Contractor Report (CS 87-451 M). U.S. Department of Education, Center for Education Statistics, Office of Educational Research and Improvement. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED292891.pdf. 

Tourangeau, Roger, Penny Sebring, Barbara Campbell, et al. 1987. The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72) Fifth Follow-Up (1986) Data File User’s Manual. National Center for Education Statistics. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED292890.pdf.

Sample Design Reports

National Center for Education Statistics. 1977. National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 Sample Design Efficiency Study: Effects of Stratification, Clustering, and Unequal Weighting on the Variances of NLS Statistics (NCES 77-258). U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs77/77258.pdf. 

Spencer, Bruce, Penny Sebring, Barbara Campbell, and NORC. 1987. The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72): Fifth Follow-Up (1986). Sample Design Report (NCES 88-403). U.S. Department of Education, Center for Education Statistics. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs88/88403.pdf. 

Technical Reports

Bailey, J. P., Jr. and Research Triangle Institute. 1976. National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972: Second Follow-up Survey. Final Methodological Report. National Center for Education Statistics. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED152788.

Henderson, Louise B., Danny R. Allen, and Research Triangle Institute. 1981. NLS Data Entry Quality Control: The Fourth Follow-Up Survey. National Center for Education Statistics. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED313399.pdf.

Jones, Calvin, Penny Sebring, Melody Singleton, Harry Gallaher, and National Opinion Research Center. 1985. National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Fifth Follow-Up Survey and High School and Beyond Third Follow-Up Survey. Field Test Report. National Center for Education Statistics. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED269465. 

King, Donald A., Nancy R. Thorne, and Research Triangle Institute. 1977. National Longitudinal Study Data
Collection Activities for the Third Follow-Up (July 1976 through June 1977). Final Report.
(NCES
78-223). National Center for Education Statistics. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED173393.pdf.

Knepper, Paula. 1989. Student Progress in College: NLS-72 Postsecondary Education Transcript Study,
1984. Survey Report
. National Center for Education Statistics. ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED309710.pdf.

Riccobono, John A., Graham J. Burkheimer, Carol Place, and Research Triangle Institute. 1981. National
Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972: Fourth Follow-up Survey. Final Methodological Report.
National Center for Education Statistics. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED217052.pdf.

Sebring, Penny, Roger Tourangeau, Bruce Spencer, et al. 1987. The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72) Fifth Follow-Up (1986) Final Technical Report (NCES 87-100). U.S. Department of Education, Center for Education Statistics. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs87/87100.pdf. 

Tabler, Kenneth. 1977. National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972: First Follow-up Survey
Design, Instrument Preparation, Data Collection and File Development
(NCES 77-262). National
Center for Education Statistics. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED141406.pdf.

Williams, Stephen R., Ralph E. Folsom Jr., and Research Triangle Institute. 1976. Bias Resulting from
Nonresponse: Methodology and Findings, Revised. Technical Report on NLS Base-Year Estimates
.
National Center for Education Statistics. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED161918.pdf.

Wisenbaker, Joseph M. 1981. Factors Associated with Edit Failure. Contractor Report (NCES 32-213). National Center for Education Statistics. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED216040.pdf.

Wisenbaker, Joseph M., and Andrew J. Kolstad. 1981. Factors Related to Third Follow-up Survey Responses. Contractor Report (NCES 82-209). National Center for Education Statistics. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED216036.pdf.