Att. 5 SED Degreee History Data Collection Method Test Conditio

ATTACHMENT 5: SED Degree History Data Collection Method Test Condition D

Condition D: Reversed Degree Order (after doctorate and dissertation research questions)

Professional Doctorate: Q21 – Q24

Graduate Program Entry Date: Q25

Master’s Degree(s): Q26 – Q37

Bachelor’s Degree(s): Q38 – Q57

Associate’s Degree(s): Q58 – Q70

Joint Degree(s): Q71

Degree questions and response options are same as Condition C listed in Attachment 4, except other postsecondary degree questions start with the respondent’s professional doctoral degree, followed by the master’s, bachelor’s and associate’s degrees. Only the questions are listed below to show the flow.

SECTION A2 – PROFESSIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE

Q21

In addition to your current doctoral degree, have you earned or are you earning a professional doctoral degree, such as an MD, DDS, DVM, JD, PsyD, PharmD, or EdD?

Q22

What type of professional doctoral degree have you earned or are you earning?

Q23

From which academic institution have you earned or do you expect to earn your professional doctoral degree?

Q24

When did you start your professional doctoral degree and when was the degree awarded or when is it expected to be awarded?

Q25

In what month and year did you first enter any graduate program, even if you did not earn a degree?

SECTION A3– MASTER’S DEGREE

Q26

Have you received a master's degree (e.g., MS, MA, MBA) or equivalent?

Q27

How many master's degrees have you received?

Q28

From which academic institution did you receive your MOST RECENT master's degree?

Q29

What was the field of study for your MOST RECENT master’s degree?

Q30

Please review the list below and select one category that best describes the field of study for this degree.

Q31

Next please select the specific field of study under the broad category:

Q32

When did you start your MOST RECENT master’s degree and when was this degree awarded?

Q33

From which academic institution did you receive your FIRST master’s degrees?

Q34

What was the field of study for your FIRST master’s degree?

Q35

Please review the list below and select one category that best describes the field of study for this degree.

Q36

Next please select the specific field of study under the broad category:

Q37

When did you start your FIRST master’s degree and when was the degree awarded?

SECTION A4 – BACHELOR’S DEGREE

Q38

Have you received a bachelor's degree (e.g., BA, BS, AB) or equivalent?

Q39

How many bachelor's degrees have you received?

Q40

From which academic institution did you receive your MOST RECENT bachelor's degree?

Q41

What was the field of study for your MOST RECENT bachelor’s degree?

Q42

Please review the list below and select one category that best describes the field of study for this degree.

Q43

Next please select the specific field of study under the broad category:

Q44

Did you complete a double major for your MOST RECENT bachelor’s degree?

Q45

What was the second field of study for your MOST RECENT bachelor’s degree?

Q46

Please review the list below and select one category that best describes the field of study for this degree.

Q47

Next please select the specific field of study under the broad category:

Q48

When did you start your MOST RECENT bachelor’s degree and when was this degree awarded?

Q49

From which academic institution did you receive your FIRST bachelor’s degrees?

Q50

What was the field of study for your FIRST bachelor’s degree?

Q51

Please review the list below and select one category that best describes the field of study for this degree.

Q52

Next please select the specific field of study under the broad category:

Q53

Did you complete a double major for your FIRST bachelor’s degree?

Q54

What was the second field of study for your FIRST bachelor’s degree?

Q55

Please review the list below and select one category that best describes the field of study for this degree.

Q56

Next please select the specific field of study under the broad category:

Q57

When did you start your FIRST bachelor’s degree and when was the degree awarded?

SECTION A5 – ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE

Q58

Have you ever earned college credit from a community or 2-year college?

Q59

Have you received an associate's degree (e.g., AA, AS) or equivalent?

Q60

How many associate's degrees have you received?

Q61

From which academic institution did you receive your MOST RECENT associate's degrees?

Q62

What was the field of study for your MOST RECENT associate’s degree?

Q63

Please review the list below and select one category that best describes the field of study for this degree.

Q64

Next please select the specific field of study under the broad category:

Q65

When did you start your MOST RECENT associate’s degree and when was the degree awarded?

Q66

From which academic institution did you receive your FIRST associate's degrees?

Q67

What was the field of study for your FIRST associate’s degree?

Q68

Please review the list below and select one category that best describes the field of study for this degree.

Q69

Next please select the specific field of study under the broad category:

Q70

When did you start your FIRST associate’s degree and when was the degree awarded?

JOINT DEGREE(S)

Q71

Did you earn any of the degrees you reported as part of a joint degree program (sometimes referred to as a combined or dual degree program)?

Cognitive Testing Probe Questions

1. You have just finished telling us about your educational history. How easy or difficult was it for you to report the information about all the degrees you have received?

• Very easy

• Easy

• Neither easy nor difficult

• Difficult

• Very difficult

2. [If Difficult or Very difficult] What made it difficult to report the information about your degrees?

3. [If Difficult or Very difficult] How could we change the questions to make it easier to select an appropriate answer?

4. Are there any other issues you had regarding these field of study questions?

5. How do you organize the education section on your resume or curriculum vitae (CV)?

• Chronological order (i.e., reported degree obtained in 2005 first; degree obtained in 2010 last)

• Reverse-chronological order (i.e., degree obtained in 2010 shown first; degree obtained in 2005 shown last)

6. How did you come up with the details (the institution name and location, field of study, dates) for each degree mentioned?

7. What records did you use to figure out when you started your degrees?

• My memory

• Diploma

• Yearbook

• Other−Specify

8. Which records did you use to confirm when degrees were awarded?

• My memory

• Diploma

• Yearbook

• Other−Specify

Cognitive Testing Probe Questions

This is the end of the survey. We will now ask a couple of questions about your overall experience with the survey.

9. Overall, what did you think of the survey?

10. Other than what we have already discussed, were there any questions that were difficult for you to answer?

11. Other than what we have already discussed, were there other issues with the questions that you would like to mention?

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