PEDA4053-1 : Exploitation of international surveys databases

Study Programmes 2015-2016

PEDA4053-1

Exploitation of international surveys databases

Duration :

20h Th, 20h Pr

Number of credits :

Master in education (120 ECTS)		4
Master in education (120 ECTS)		4
Master in education (120 ECTS)		4
Master in education (120 ECTS)		4

Lecturer :

Christian Monseur

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

This lecture aims at initiating students to conduct statitistical analyses with SAS software on databases of international surveys in education on achievement such as the OECD/PISA or IEA/TIMSS & PIRLS programs

Learning outcomes of the course :

Students will have to demonstrate their capabilities to :
1. Create and modify data files ;
2. Merge files;
3. Conduct differents types of statistical analyses: linear and non linear regresion, multi-level regression with fix and random effects, logistic regression, correlation, effect size and relative risk analyses ;
4. Estimate the sampling variance with resampling methods

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Deep understanding of the statistical tools listed in the "Learning outcomes" section

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Lecture, seminar and groups and individual works

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Face to face required