Some Problems in the Analysis of Cross-National Survey Data

Autor/inn/en	Keeves, John P.; Lietz, Petra; Gregory, Kelvin; Darmawan, I Gusti Ngurah
Titel	Some Problems in the Analysis of Cross-National Survey Data
Quelle	In: International Education Journal, 7 (2006) 2, S.110-126 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-1475
Schlagwörter	Research and Development; Academic Achievement; Computation; National Surveys; Data Analysis; Research Methodology; Statistical Studies; Evaluation Problems; Educational Research; Bayesian Statistics; Comparative Education; Robustness (Statistics); Evaluation Methods; Evaluation Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschung und Entwicklung; Schulleistung; Auswertung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Widerstandsfähigkeit; Evaluationsforschung
Abstract	In this lead article three emergent problems in the analysis of cross-national survey data are raised in a context of 40 years of research and development in a field where persistent problems have arisen and where scholars across the world have sought solutions. Anomalous results have been found from secondary data analyses that would appear to stem from the procedures that have been employed during the past 15 years for the estimation of educational achievement. These estimation procedures are briefly explained and their relationships to the observed anomalies are discussed. The article concludes with a challenge to the use of Bayesian estimation procedure, while possibly appropriate for the estimation of population parameters would appear to be inadequate for modelling scores that are used in secondary data analyses. Consequently, an alternative approach should be sought to provide data on the performance of individual students, if a clearer and more coherent understanding of educational processes is to be achieved through cross-national survey research. (Contains 2 footnotes, 1 table and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10