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href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates" title="" class="active-trail">Graduate Outcomes data</a><ul class="menu"><li class="first leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/user-guide" title="">User guide</a></li> <li class="expanded active-trail"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology" title="" class="active-trail active">Survey methodology</a><ul class="menu"><li class="first expanded"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/history-background" title="">History and background</a><ul class="menu"><li class="first leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/understanding-outcomes" title="">Understanding outcomes</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/historical-context" title="">Historical context</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/dlhe-review" title="">DLHE review</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/consultations" title="">Consultations</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/centralisation" title="">Centralisation</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/review-topics" title="">Review topics</a></li> <li class="last leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/review-governance" title="">Review governance</a></li> </ul></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/survey-coverage" title="">Survey coverage</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/sampling-frame" title="">Sampling frame</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/survey-targets" title="">Survey targets</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/survey-questions" title="">Survey questions</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/online-survey-design" title="">Online survey design</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/telephone-survey-design" title="">Telephone survey design</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/data-collection" title="">Data collection</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/data-processing" title="">Data processing</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/data-analysis" title="">Data analysis</a></li> <li class="expanded"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/dissemination" title="">Dissemination</a><ul class="menu"><li class="first leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/dissemination/users-and-uses" title="">Key users and uses</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/dissemination/legal" title="">Legal & compliance</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/dissemination/ethical" title="">Ethics</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/dissemination/misrepresentation" title="">Misrepresentation</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/dissemination/products-services" title="">Products</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/dissemination/supporting-info" title="">Support</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/dissemination/presentation" title="">Presentation</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/dissemination/dlhe-comparison" title="">DLHE comparison</a></li> <li class="last leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/dissemination/concepts-standards" title="">Concepts & standards</a></li> </ul></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/sector-engagement" title="">Sector engagement</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/evaluation" title="">Evaluation</a></li> <li class="last leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/archive" title="">Archive</a></li> </ul></li> <li class="expanded"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report" title="">Survey Quality Report</a><ul class="menu"><li class="first leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/executive-summary" title="">Summary</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/introduction" title="">Introduction</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-methodology" title="">Methodology</a></li> <li class="expanded"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description" title="">Description</a><ul class="menu"><li class="first expanded"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description/relevance" title="">Relevance</a><ul class="menu"><li class="first leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description/relevance/data" title="">Concepts</a></li> <li class="last leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description/relevance/assessment" title="">Gap assessment</a></li> </ul></li> <li class="expanded"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description/accuracy" title="">Accuracy</a><ul class="menu"><li class="first leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description/accuracy/population" title="">Population</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description/accuracy/sample" title="">Sample</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description/accuracy/sampling-error" title="">Sampling error</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description/accuracy/proxy-responses" title="">Proxy responses</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description/accuracy/measurement-error" title="">Measurement error</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description/accuracy/paradata" title="">Paradata</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description/accuracy/mode-effects" title="">Mode effects</a></li> <li class="last expanded"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description/accuracy/reliability" title="">Sensitive data</a><ul class="menu"><li class="first leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description/accuracy/reliability/graduate-voice" title="">Graduate voice</a></li> <li class="last leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description/accuracy/reliability/location-data" title="">Location</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description/accuracy/reliability/processing-error" title="">Processing error</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description/timeliness" title="">Timeliness</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description/accessibility" title="">Accessibility</a></li> <li class="expanded"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description/coherence" title="">Coherence</a><ul class="menu"><li class="first leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description/coherence/graduate-outcomes" title="">Other data</a></li> <li class="last leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/quality-description/coherence/comparability" title="">Comparability</a></li> </ul></li> <li class="last leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/respondent-burden" title="">Respondent burden</a></li> </ul></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/conclusion" title="">Conclusion</a></li> <li class="last leaf"><a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/quality-report/references" title="">References</a></li> </ul></li> <li class="leaf"><a 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class="intro">The Survey methodology contains details of the most important aspects of survey design, data collection, analysis and dissemination for Graduate Outcomes. It is aimed at the users of Graduate Outcomes survey data as well as those with an interest in survey methodology.</p> <p>The Survey methodology will be a ‘live’ record of our practices, at least in the first few years as we make improvements to our data collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination policies. We aim to revise it as changes to existing processes are made and new initiatives are introduced. Previous versions of the statement are available to users in our <a href="/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/archive">archive</a>.</p> <p>Please refer to our <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/definitions/glossary">glossary page</a> for definitions of terms used in this document.</p> <p>If you would prefer, you can download a PDF copy of the Survey methodology in two parts: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/files/Graduate_Outcomes_History_and_Background_20200330.pdf">part one (history and background)</a> and <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/files/Graduate_Outcomes_Methodology_Part2_FINAL.pdf">part two (survey design and implementation)</a>.</p> <p>Navigate using the 'next' and 'previous' links at the bottom of each page or skip to sections using the menu on the right.</p> <h3>Contents</h3> <ul> <li><a 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<li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/telephone-survey-design">Telephone survey design</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/data-collection">Data collection</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/data-processing">Data processing</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/data-analysis">Data analysis</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/dissemination">Dissemination</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230127051113/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/methodology/sector-engagement">Sector engagement</a></li> <li><a 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