for reentry into the labor force with new and/ or improved skills. 

 However, the program is not open to everyone. Each individual 

 must meet a minimum standard of criteria for eligibility prior to 

 entry. Whether or not the individuals are cognizant of these criteria 

 impacts directly intake information provided to the prime sponsor. 

 If the subjects have been sensitized to the importance of providing 

 "correct" responses, then serious questions of reliability and 

 validity of data must be raised. One way to help control for this 

 potential bias would be to regather pre-CETA work experience 

 information after termination from the program. These answers 

 might better reflect the realities of their experiences than data 

 gathered at time of entry, where "correct" answers are often viewed 

 as entry criteria. While it is beyond the scope of our current research, 

 we would suggest that a comparative analysis be made of these two 

 entries of data. 



The second instrument used in the analysis was the Follow-Up 

 Questionnaire also designed by the Department of Economics at 

 Northeastern University. This 19 page pre-coded instrument was 

 designed to provide detailed information on the past program labor 

 market and educational experiences of the program terminees. In 

 addition, a battery of attitudinal, informational, and knowledge 

 questions are asked which are designed to assess the terminees' 

 personal views of the strengths and weaknesses of the program(s) in 

 which they participated. The questions are arranged into the 

 following 16 sections: 



1) Introduction — Demographic Data 



2) Pretraining Employment History 



3) Supportive Services 



4) Respondent's Views of Programs 



5) Respondent's Program Experience 



6) Summary Post-CETA Information 



7) Respondent's First Job After CETA 



8) Respondent's Second Job After CETA 



9) Respondent's Third Job After CETA 



10) Respondent's Fourth Job After CETA 



11) Respondent's Current or Last Job 



12) For Respondents Who Are Not Currently Employed 



13) Respondent's Other Post-Program Experiences 



14) For Respondents Who Have Attended School 

 Since Leaving CETA 



15) For Respondents Who Have Participated in 

 Another Training Program Since Leaving CETA 



16) For Respondents Who Have Served in the Military 

 Since Leaving CETA 



In sum, a minimum of 219 variables were generated through the 



follow-up form. 



As with the Intake Information Form, a detailed Technical 

 Assistance Document, provided by SNHS, was made available to 

 INER. This document consisted of both general and specific 

 instructions for carrying out the follow-up interview. While the 

 instructions cover the questions which have the highest probability 

 of leading to errors in data collection, the instrument fails to address 

 issues of design which have a major impact on the reliability and 



