NLS:72 Technical Documentation

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Data User Manuals

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.

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 88403). 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.

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. 

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.