Summary information
Study title
Problems of Overseas Students Follow-Up Study, 1966
Creator
National Foundation for Educational Research
Study number / PID
66024 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-66024-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The purpose of this study was to ascertain examination attainments of a group of overseas students.
Main Topics:
Information collected for this survey concerned a group of overseas students taking courses in institutions of higher education of all types (470 nurses and 1180 students). Data comprise course taken, length of course, overall results, qualification or grade obtained, or withdrawal from course. These data were correlated with information gathered in an earlier survey (not held by the Archive), including age, sex, country of normal residence and/or origin, college where registered, course of training or subject being studied and the results of a battery of English Proficiency Tests.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/06/1966
Country
United Kingdom
Time dimension
Longitudinal/panel/cohort
2 waves
Analysis unit
Individuals
National
Educational test data
Students
Universe
Overseas students at institutions of higher education
Sampling procedure
Simple random sample
one in two sample of institutions on random basis for universities and technical colleges; one in three sample for colleges of technology and further education and for hospitals
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Postal survey
Educational measurements
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1972
Terms of data access
The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.
Use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee.
Related publications
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