Rising survey cooperation among homeschooling families may mean pre-2012 NHES estimates undercounted homeschoolers and overstated the growth rate¶
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q1 i? Because homeschooling families became more likely over time to complete NHES follow-up surveys and possibly to cooperate with the initial screener, true numbers of homeschoolers prior to 2012 may have been higher than NHES estimates and the implied growth rate lower. → Eric Isenberg 2016
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Eric Isenberg. (2016). Using Survey Data Sets to Study Homeschooling. The Wiley Handbook of Home Education, edited by Milton Gaither. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/using-survey-data-sets-to-study-homeschooling
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The chapter offers this as an authors' interpretation of survey nonresponse and cooperation trends, not a tested result: true pre-2012 numbers "may have been a bit higher than the estimates provided by the NHES." No effect size is printed.
"Because homeschooling families have become more likely over time to complete the NHES follow-up surveys and possibly more likely to cooperate in taking the initial screener survey, the true numbers of homeschoolers (prior to 2012) may have been a bit higher than the estimates provided by the NHES and the implied growth rate a bit lower."
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Related Claims¶
- The 2012 NHES estimate implies the percentage of homeschooled schoolchildren is likely within a range from 3.0% to 3.9% — related
- NHES-based estimates of homeschooling grew from 1.4% of U.S. schoolchildren in 1996 to 3.4% (about 1,773,000 children) in 2012 — related
- NSCH and Wisconsin data track NHES homeschooling estimates until 2007, then diverge with a flat or slightly downward trend from 2007 to 2012 — related
- Using available homeschooling data carries pitfalls that the research literature must address — a broader claim this one bears on
- Quantitative research on homeschooling covers available data sources, estimates of homeschooled children, part-time homeschooling, and families' reasons for homeschooling — a broader claim this one bears on
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Rising survey cooperation among homeschooling families may mean pre-2012 NHES estimates undercounted homeschoolers and overstated the growth rate |
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Rising survey cooperation among homeschooling families may mean pre-2012 NHES estimates undercounted homeschoolers and overstated the growth rate |
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