Advanced Analysis Using School-Based International Large-Scale Assessment Databases: TIMSS, PIRLS, and PISA

Session Type: Professional Development Course

Abstract

This course covers how to download and prepare the public use data files from TIMSS, PIRLS, and PISA and conduct basic and advanced statistical analysis. It will cover the statistical complexities and techniques used in these studies and their implications for analysis. It involves a combination of lectures and hands-on exercises. Participants will learn to prepare the data files for advanced statistical analysis and conduct basic and some advanced analysis using customized software provided during the course. Participants need to have with them a laptop computer with Windows and SPSS or SAS installed, and must have knowledge of basic and intermediate statistics. Data files and demonstration software to use the data will be distributed during the course.

Sub Unit

• Professional Development and Training Committee

Instructor

• Eugenio Gonzalez, ETS