Methodological notes

PIAAC Methods Series

The Methods Series Analysis Scripts in Large-Scale Assessments in Education contains selected analysis scripts based on PIAAC data.

In addition, a digital platform - PIAAC scripts digital plattform - is available as an accompaniment to the Methods Series and provides existing analysis scripts (code, syntax) based on previous research with PIAAC data.

PIAAC User Guide
The User Guide contains information about how to link data of the PIAAC Scientific Use Files to the PIAAC Public Use Files of other countries and how to deal with plausible values and the replication weights.

Tools available for the analysis of PIAAC data

Please note that special analysis software is required to account for the imputation of competence values and the complex sampling design. For this purpose various preconfigured analysis tools are available:

International Data Explorer (IDE)

Tools:

Examples of use:

Analysing PIAAC data with the International Data Explorer (IDE)

International Database Analyzer (IDB Analyzer)

Tool:

IDB Analyzer

Examples of use:

Log Data Analyzer

Tool:

LogDataAnalyzer

Examples of use:

Analysing PIAAC Log Files
See also: Using PIAAC Log Files to understand respondent behaviour (OECD Skills Studies)

PIAAC data analysis examples using various statistical software
Analysing PIAAC data with Stata Analysing PIAAC data with SPSS und SAS Analysing PIAAC data with R Analysing PIAAC data with Mplus Analysing PIAAC Log Files

LEO data analysis examples
Analysing LEO data with R (124 kB)