pisa {DAKS}R Documentation

Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Data

Description

The accompanying binary dataset is part of the empirical 2003 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data. It contains the item responses by 340 German students on a 5-item dichotomously scored mathematical literacy test.

Usage

pisa

Format

The pisa data frame consists of 340 rows and 5 columns, representing the response patterns of the students to the test items. Each number, an integer, 1 or 0, encodes a correct or incorrect response, respectively.

Note

The dataset pisa was obtained after dichotomizing the original multiple-choice or open format test data. Wording of the test items used in the assessment is not known (not available publicly).

Source

OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). http://www.pisa.oecd.org/

References

Sargin, A. and Uenlue, A. (2009) Inductive item tree analysis: Corrections, improvements, and comparisons. Manuscript under revision. http://www.math.uni-augsburg.de/~uenlueal/

Sargin, A. and Uenlue, A. (2009) DAKS: An R package for data analysis in knowledge space theory. Manuscript submitted for publication. http://www.math.uni-augsburg.de/~uenlueal/

See Also

See DAKS-package for general information about this package.


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