PISA 2003 Data Analysis Manual
Subtitle: SAS
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: PISA
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9789264010642
Subjects: Education; Economics
Description: This publication provides all the information required to understand the PISA 2003 educational performance database and perform analyses in accordance with the complex methodologies used to collect and process the data. It enables researchers to both reproduce the initial results and to undertake further analyses. The publication includes introductory chapters explaining the statistical theories and concepts required to analyse the PISA data, including full chapters on how to apply replicate weights and undertake analyses using plausible values; worked examples providing full syntax in SAS®; and a comprehensive description of the OECD PISA 2003 international database.   The PISA 2003 database includes micro-level data on student educational performance for 41 countries collected in 2003, together with students’ responses to the PISA 2003 questionnaires and the test questions. A similar manual is available for SPSS users.
Table of contents: title: Users' Guide; title: Chapter 1. The OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment; title: Chapter 2. Sample Weights; title: Chapter 3. Replicate Weights; title: Chapter 4. The Rasch Model; title: Chapter 5. Plausible Values; title: Chapter 6. Computation of Standard Errors; title: Chapter 7. Analyses with Plausible Values; title: Chapter 8. Use of Proficiency Levels; title: Chapter 9. Analyses with School Level Variables; title: Chapter 10. Standard Error on a Difference; title: Chapter 11. OECD Average and OECD Total; title: Chapter 12. Trends; title: Chapter 13. Multilevel Analyses; title: Chapter 14. Other Statistical Issues; title: Chapter 15. SAS Macros; title: Appendix 1. PISA 2003 International Database; title: Appendix 2. Student Questionnaire; title: Appendix 3. Educational Career Questionnaire; title: Appendix 4. Information & Communication Technology Qeustionnaire; title: Appendix 5. School Questionnaire; title: Appendix 6. Student Questionnaire Data File Codebook; title: Appendix 7. School Questionnaire Data File Codebook; title: Appendix 8. Student Cognitive Test Data File Codebook; title: Appendix 9. Student and School Questionnaire Indices; title: Appendix 10. Scores Allocated to the Items; title: References