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Chapter 5 of the book "2004 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04) Full-Scale Methodology Report" is presented. It describes the data files for the NPSAS:04 as well as the editing and documentation process. The primary analysis file contains data for about 90,700 study respondents. Editing of student data is done after the start of self-administered Web data collection. After the completion of all study data collection, separate Data Analysis System (DAS) files were created for undergraduate and graduate/first-professional students.

Chapter 4 of the book "2004 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04) Full-Scale Methodology Report" is presented. It deals with the evaluation of the methodology and procedures in the NPSAS:04 conducted in the U.S. It states that making early contact with institutions was a significant part of the design of NPSAS:04. It also notes that institutional participation was analyzed for potential effects of prior NPSAS participation.

Chapter 3 of the book "2004 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04) Full-Scale Methodology Report" is presented. It deals with the results of the various stages of data collection implemented in the NPSAS:04 conducted in the U.S. The study response rates for institutions and students are presented as well as the completion rates for individual data sources including rates of matching to extant databases, locating results and interviewing outcomes.

Chapter 2 of the book "2004 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04) Full-Scale Methodology Report" is presented. It offers a detailed summary of the design and the methods implemented in the 2004 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04) conducted in the U.S. It states that the procedures and methods were developed after a consultation with a Technical Review Panel which is comprised of nationally recognized experts in higher education.

Chapter 6 of the book "2004 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04) Full-Scale Methodology Report" is presented. It focuses on the statistical analysis for the NPSAS:04 conducted in the U.S. It states that the generalized exponential models (GEM) approach is not a competing method to weighting class adjustment, rather, it is a method used to do weight adjustments with a choice of optional features to employ.

A chapter of the book "2004 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04) Full-Scale Methodology Report" is presented. It was conducted for the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics. It focuses on a comprehensive data regarding how students and their families pay for postsecondary education. It only describes the methodology and findings of NPSAS:04 which took place during the school year 2003 to 2004.

Chapter 1 of the book "2004 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04) Full-Scale Methodology Report" is presented. It offers an overview of the NPSAS:04 which is being conducted for the National Center for Education Statistics of the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. It aims to determine how students and their families pay for postsecondary education.

People that the author would like to thank for their assistance in the creation of the book "2004 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04) Full-Scale Methodology Report" are mentioned, including C. Dennis Carroll and Paula R. Knepper.