1992 National Adult Literacy Survey: Literacy levels and the response probability convention

1992 National Adult Literacy Survey: Literacy levels and the response probability convention
Title 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey: Literacy levels and the response probability convention PDF eBook
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Pages 48
Release 1999
Genre Adult education
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1992 National Adult Literacy Survey: Sample design

1992 National Adult Literacy Survey: Sample design
Title 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey: Sample design PDF eBook
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Pages 42
Release 1999
Genre Adult education
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Evaluation of the 1992 NALS Background Survey Questionnaire

Evaluation of the 1992 NALS Background Survey Questionnaire
Title Evaluation of the 1992 NALS Background Survey Questionnaire PDF eBook
Author M. Cecil Smith
Publisher DIANE Publishing
Pages 76
Release 2000
Genre Adult education
ISBN 1428926542

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A study focused on researchers' use of the English-Language Background Questionnaire (EBQ) portion of the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS), the results of which were released in 1993. Data were gathered by surveying NALS data users about how they have used the EBQ data, their perspectives on the strengths and weaknesses of the EBQ, and their recommendations for changes to the EBQ. A content analysis was also conducted of published research papers that have involved analyses of the EBQ data to determine how the data were used in these research analyses. The study also drew upon recommendations garnered by a series of focus groups conducted by the American Institutes for Research in 1998. These sources were integrated with the study's own analysis of the NALS data. The following changes to the EBQ for future adult literacy assessments were recommended: expand the questions pertaining to educational experiences; expand the section on social and political participation or move the current items to other areas and delete this section; add an item on voter registration; acquire more detailed information regarding work history, wages, and parents' occupations; expand the section pertaining to literacy practices; and gather information on technological literacy practices. (Appendixes include 34 references; instruments; and studies examined for content review.) (YLB)

Technical Report and Data File User's Manual for the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey

Technical Report and Data File User's Manual for the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey
Title Technical Report and Data File User's Manual for the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey PDF eBook
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Pages 660
Release 2001
Genre Functional literacy
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Secondary Statistical Modeling with the National Assessment of Adult Literacy

Secondary Statistical Modeling with the National Assessment of Adult Literacy
Title Secondary Statistical Modeling with the National Assessment of Adult Literacy PDF eBook
Author David Kaplan
Publisher DIANE Publishing
Pages 36
Release 2000
Genre Adult education
ISBN 1428926798

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This paper offers recommendations to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on the development of the background questionnaire for the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL). The recommendations are from the viewpoint of a researcher interested in applying sophisticated statistical models to address important issues in adult literacy. The paper focuses on five issues, each of which is the subject of a section of the paper: sampling; selection bias; measurement; policy modeling; and gauging cohort effects. Each section considers the scope of the issue and then makes recommendations to NCES. These recommendations include providing all appropriate sampling weights in NAAL data; examining contextual effects on the distribution of literacy ability in the population; considering relevant auxiliary variables that would constitute the selection equation; considering the hypothesized number of factors and including at least four variables measuring each factor in the questionnaire; obtaining retrospective data on general and job-specific literacy-related activities; and exploring the possibility of linking NAAL with existing longitudinal surveys. (Contains 21 references.) (YLB)

Using telephone and mail surveys as a supplement or alternative to door-to-door surveys in the assessment of adult literacy

Using telephone and mail surveys as a supplement or alternative to door-to-door surveys in the assessment of adult literacy
Title Using telephone and mail surveys as a supplement or alternative to door-to-door surveys in the assessment of adult literacy PDF eBook
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Pages 62
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ISBN 1428926844

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Legal and ethical issues in the use of video in education research

Legal and ethical issues in the use of video in education research
Title Legal and ethical issues in the use of video in education research PDF eBook
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Pages 53
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ISBN 142892583X

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