GSS Schedule

ATTACHMENT 4
GSS Schedule
Deliverable/Milestone

Due Date

Conduct GSS (for 2017, 2018, and 2019 survey cycles)
Revised Survey Operations Plan
Survey Instrument Update
Survey Launch
GSS Part I Due Date (for nonuploaders)
GSS Part II Due Date (for all
respondents)
Survey Close-out
Data Editing
Data Imputation
Data Files
Final Edited, Imputed Data File
WebCASPAR Input
Public Use Data Files
NCSES Data Repository Files
Methodology report

3 months prior to survey launch date
October 15th
End of October
Mid-December
End of February
End of May
End of June
End of July
End of August
End of September
End of September
Within 1 month of data release
Within 3 months after final data file

Conduct FFRDC Postdoc Survey (2017 and 2019 survey cycles)
Survey Instrument Update
Survey Launch
Survey Close-out
FFRDC postdoc data files and draft
report
NCSES Data Repository Files

End of September
End of October
End of December
Within 4 weeks after end of data collection
Within 1 month of data release

Publications and Data Dissemination (for each survey cycle)
Draft Data Release Info Brief Concept
Draft Data Release Info Brief
Detailed Statistical Tables (DSTs)
Shells, Populated DSTs and Technical
Appendices
Supplemental DSTs (e-Tables)
Survey Overview Update
NIH-specified Statistical Tables and
Figures
Academic Institutional Profiles Tables
Additional Reports and Tables
Ad hoc or Special Data Tables and
Analyses

2 weeks after final data file
2 weeks after NSF concept approval
2 months after final data file

1 month after DSTs release
2 month after final data file
10 weeks after final data file
2 months after final data file
As requested by COR
As requested by COR