25.013 - PDC28: Using Data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)

Session Type: Professional Development Course

Abstract

This four-hour course provides researchers with information about the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), a nationally representative, longitudinal study of more than 23,000 9th-graders in 2009, with a first follow-up in 2012 and a second follow-up in 2016. Data from the HSLS:09 allow researchers to examine the relationships between a range of family, school, and individual characteristics of students from the beginning of high school into postsecondary education, the workforce, and beyond.

This training session will familiarize participants with the HSLS:09 data and focus on the newly released HSLS:09 Second Follow-up (2016) dataset. Features of the HSLS:09 dataset training include: a study overview; instructions on what analytic weights to apply and for what analyses; how data users can use HSLS:09 to answer their research questions; and how to access the data. Though this course is primarily lecture-based, there will be a demonstration of on-line resources. Therefore, it is recommended that each participant bring a personal laptop computer to the course.

The goals of the training session are:

1) To share information regarding the design and content of the HSLS:09 data set;
2) To prepare participants to use the HSLS:09 data set; and
3) To demonstrate the available on-line HSLS:09 resources.

At the end of this session, participants will have the knowledge necessary to obtain and work with the HSLS:09 data set.

Sub Unit

• Professional Development and Training Committee

Director

• Jeremy Redford, American Institutes for Research

Instructors

• Cameron McPhee, American Institutes for Research

• Gail M. Mulligan, NCES, Department of Education