RT Journal Article
T1 What happens when econometrics and psychometrics collide? An example using the PISA data
A1 Jerrim, John
A1 López-Agudo, Luis Alejandro
A1 Marcenaro-Gutiérrez, Óscar David
A1 Shure, Nikki
K1 Educación - Modelos econométricos
K1 Psicometría
K1 Evaluación de la calidad educativa
AB 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 misunderstood by applied researchers, who sometimes fail to take their complex sample and test designs into account. The aim of this paper is to generate a better understanding among economists about how such databases are created, and what this implies for the empirical methodologies one should (or should not) apply. We explain how some of the modeling strategies preferred by economists seem to be at odds with the complex test design, and provide clear advice on the types of robustness tests that are therefore needed when analyzing these datasets. In doing so, we hope to generate a better understanding of international large-scale education databases, and promote better practice in their use.
PB Elsevier
YR 2017
FD 2017-09-28
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39378
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39378
LA eng
NO John Jerrim, Luis Alejandro Lopez-Agudo, Oscar D. Marcenaro-Gutierrez, Nikki Shure, What happens when econometrics and psychometrics collide? An example using the PISA data, Economics of Education Review, Volume 61, 2017, Pages 51-58.
NO https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/id/publication/15174
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 2 mar 2026