National Education Longitudinal Study, 1988-94
Subtitle: data files and electronic codebook system.
Contributors: National Center for Education Statistics.
Publisher: National Center for Education Statistics, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Dept. of Education
Published: 1996
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 -- Databases.; Students -- United States -- Longitudinal studies -- Databases.; College attendance -- United States -- Longitudinal studies -- Statistics -- Databases.; Postsecondary education -- United States -- Longitudinal studies -- Statistics -- Databases.; High school students -- United States -- Longitudinal studies -- Statistics -- Databases.
Genres: Longitudinal studies; Databases.; Statistics
Description: Contains two public release data sets from the NELS:88 base year through third follow-up surveys and two electronic codebook systems (ECBs), the first integrating student, parent, transcript, school administrator, and teacher data from the base year (1988) through second follow-up (1992) surveys, and the second integrating base year through third follow-up (1994) records for third follow-up respondents. Also contains the third follow-up methodology and descriptive summary reports and the base year through second follow-up data file user's manuals.
Notes: Title from disc label.
"NELS 88."
"Public use."
Shipping list no.: 96-0066-E.
"March 1996"--Container.
ISO 9660 format.
"NCES 96-128"--Container.
Electronic program and data.
System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; 4.2 to 4.5 MB (Windows) or 107 KB (DOS) of space for installation of one ECB, 2.7 to 3 MB of additional space for each additional ECB; Windows or DOS operating system; CD-ROM drive.
Disc characteristics: CD-ROM.
Printed codebooks in ASCII format; data file user's manuals in WordPerfect format.