What Happens When Econometrics and Psychometrics Collide? An Example Using PISA Data

John Jerrim (), Luis Lopez-Agudo (), Oscar Marcenaro-Gutierrez () and Nikki Shure ()
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John Jerrim: Department of Social Science, UCL Institute of Education, University College London
Luis Lopez-Agudo: Departamento de Economía Aplicada (Estadística y Econometría). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales. Universidad de Málaga
Oscar Marcenaro-Gutierrez: Departamento de Economía Aplicada (Estadística y Econometría). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales. Universidad de Málaga
Nikki Shure: Department of Social Science, UCL Institute of Education and Institute of Labor Economics
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Oscar Marcenaro Gutierrez

No 17-04, DoQSS Working Papers from Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London

Abstract: International large-scale assessments such as PISA are increasingly being used to benchmark the academic performance of young people across the world. Yet many of the technicalities underpinning these datasets are miss-understood by applied researchers, who sometimes fail to take into account their complex survey and test designs. The aim of this paper is to generate a better understanding amongst economists about how such databases are created, and what this implies for the empirical methodologies one should or should not apply. In doing so, we explain how some of the modelling strategies preferred by economists is at odds with the design of these studies. In doing so, we hope to generate a better understanding of international large-scale education datasets, and promote better practice in their use.

Keywords: Survey design; Test design; PISA; Weights; Replicate weights; Plausible values (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C10 C18 C55 I20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-02-22
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Journal Article: What happens when econometrics and psychometrics collide? An example using the PISA data (2017)
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