Third Follow-Up Survey Composite Variables. Technical Report. National Longitudinal Study Sponsored Reports Series

Autor/inn/en	Peng, Samuel S.; Jaffe, Jay
Institution	National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) (ED/OERI)
Titel	Third Follow-Up Survey Composite Variables. Technical Report. National Longitudinal Study Sponsored Reports Series
Quelle	(1980), (108 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Test Items; Questionnaires; High School Students; Student Characteristics; Personality Traits; Student Attitudes; Student Satisfaction; Training; Job Satisfaction; Volunteers; Activism; Consumer Education; Quality of Life; Political Issues; Graduate Study; College Choice; Social Science Research; Educational Research; Validity; Reliability; Program Effectiveness; Educational Quality; National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Test content; Testaufgabe; Fragebogen; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Schülerverhalten; Ausbildung; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Freiwilliger; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Konsumerziehung; Lebensqualität; Politischer Faktor; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studienortwahl; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Gültigkeit; Reliabilität; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität
Abstract	The primary purpose of this study is to develop composite variables for several sets of items included in the Second and Third Follow-Up Questionnaires of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS). The need for this study is derived from the following considerations: (1) reduction of data dimensions, and (2) provision of reliable measures of some psychological traits and social behaviors. Data from the National Longitudinal Study are continually being used by researchers in the social sciences and education. In order that researchers may more parsimoniously analyze certain response groups, and in order that future NLS instrumentation may be improved, the construction of composite variables (linear combinations of specified related questionnaire responses) was undertaken in this research. Fourteen composite variables were generated as a result of this activity, and their composition and statistical characteristics are the subject of this report. The composites derived stem from the seven general areas from the NLS: satisfaction with education and training, satisfaction with work, voluntary participation or "activism", consumerism, perceived quality of life, political participation, and factors in choosing a graduate school. With a few exceptions, the composite variables produced reliability and discriminant validity favorable to their use in social science and educational research. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Center for Education Statistics. Available from: ED Pubs. P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Tel: 877-433-7827; Web site: http://nces.ed.gov/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01