Significant predictors of mathematical literacy for top-tiered countries/economies, Canada, and the United States on PISA 2012: Case for the sparse regression model.

Journal: The British journal of educational psychology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: National ranking from the triennial Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) often serves as a barometer of national performance and human capital. Though excessive student- and school-level covariates (n > 700) may prove intractable for traditional least-squares estimate procedures, shrinkage methods may be more suitable for subset selection.

Authors

  • Mark V Brow
    Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, USA.