ERIC Number: ED128045
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1976-Aug
Pages: 148
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Reference Count: 0
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Graduate Follow-up. TEX-SIS FOLLOW-UP SC6.
Lewis, Rayford T.
This report details the research activities conducted by San Antonio College (SAC) as a subcontractor of Project FOLLOW-UP, in the design, development, and implementation of a graduate follow-up system. Numerous information gathering techniques, including personal interviews and follow-up questionnaires, were attempted. Four different groups of graduates were studied to generate follow-up information as well as to provide data regarding the efficacy of various data collection techniques. SAC found that a follow-up schedule that included an initial mailing of a cover letter and a questionnaire, followed by a reminder postcard, a second cover letter and questionnaire, and a final strongly worded cover letter and questionnaire, each at ten-day intervals, was an effective means of conducting a graduate follow-up study. Response rates for the four separate groups studied ranged from 57.9% to 82%. Local computer programs and the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) both were used in SAC's data analysis and this combination is recommended for use at other colleges. Recommendations for follow-up study design, study related data and materials, and the survey instrument are appended. (JDS)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Sponsor: Tarrant County Junior Coll. District, Ft. Worth, TX.; Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Occupational Research and Development.
Authoring Institution: San Antonio Coll., TX.
Identifiers: Project FOLLOW UP; Statistical Package for the Social Sciences; Student Followup Management Information System; TEX SIS FOLLOW UP
Note: For related documents, see JC 760 473-483; Some tables may reproduce poorly due to type size


