How were SESTAT data collected?
The National Survey of College Graduates was conducted by mail with computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) follow-up of all nonrespondents. Additionally, nonrespondents inaccessible by telephone were followed up via computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) in 1993, 1995 and 1997. The National Survey of Recent College Graduates was conducted almost entirely via CATI, with some mail follow-up for sample members who could not be reached by telephone. The portions of the NSCG that were conducted by Westat were also almost entirely viat CATI, with some limited mail follow-up. The Survey of Doctorate Recipients was conducted by mail with CATI follow-up of all nonrespondents in 1993 and 1999 and a subsample of nonrespondents in 1995 and 1997.
