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Chapter 7 Content and Format of Database Files 7.1 Introduction This chapter describes the content and format of the TIMSS International Database for Population 1 and Population 2. This chapter is organized in five major sections corresponding to the types of files included in the database. Within each section, the contents of the files are described. These file types are: · Data Files · Codebook Files · Program Files · Data Almanacs · Test-Curriculum Matching Analysis Files The TIMSS international Data Files reflect the result of an extensive series of data management and quality control steps taken to insure the international comparability, quality, accuracy, and general utility of the database in order to provide a strong foundation for secondary analyses. 1 As part of the international data files, all variables derived for reporting in the international reports are included. In addition, analysis notes are provided for all reporting variables, allowing users to replicate these computations. These analysis notes are included in Supplement 4 of this User Guide. Also included in the database are Codebook Files. These specifically document the format of all variables in each of the data files. Several Program Files are provided for use in secondary analyses, including Data Access Control files for converting the raw data files provided in ASCII format into SAS or SPSS files, macro programs for computing statistics using the jackknife repeated replication method discussed in Chapter 8, and macro programs for converting cognitive item response codes to score values used in the computation of international scores. Data Almanac Files contain unweighted summary statistics for each participating country, on each variable in the student, teacher, and school background questionnaires. To investigate the match between the TIMSS achievement tests and the curriculum in participating countries, country representatives indicated whether or not each test item addressed a topic in their curriculum. The Test-Curriculum Matching Analysis Files contain this information for each country. The following sections describe each of the file types and how they can be used to access and analyze the TIMSS international data for students, teachers, and schools. 1 For more detailed information about data entry, data processing, data cleaning, data management, database structure, as well as analysis and reporting of the TIMSS data, see the TIMSS Technical Reports, Volumes I and II (Martin and Kelly, 1996;1997) and TIMSS: Quality Assurance in Data Collection (Martin and Mullis, 1996). T I M S S D A T A B A S E U S E R G U I D E 7 - 1
C H A P T E R 7 D A T A B A S E F I L E S 7.2 Data Files There are four basic types of data files in the TIMSS International Database: · Background Files · Assessment Files · Coding Reliability Files · Student-Teacher Linkage Files These files and the variables contained in each are described in Sections 7.2.1 through 7.2.4. Data files are provided for each country that participated in TIMSS at Population 1 and Population 2 and for which internationally comparable data are available. At Population 1 there are nine different data file types and at Population 2 there are ten different file types, reflecting achievement data collected from students (both for the written assessment and performance assessment); background data collected from students, teachers, and schools; student-teacher linkage information; and coding reliability data. For each file type, a separate data file is provided for each participating country that collected the information. Table 7.1 shows the Population 1 and Population 2 data files provided. Table 7. 1 TIMSS Population 1 and Population 2 Data Files File Type Population 2 File Name Population 1 File Name Student Written Assessment File BSA1.DAT ASA1.DAT Student Background File BSG1.DAT ASG1.DAT Teacher Background File(s) BTM1.DAT - Mathematics BTS1.DAT - Science ATG1.DAT School Background File BCG1.DAT ACG1.DAT Student - Teacher Linkage File BLG1.DAT ALG1.DAT Student Written Assessment Reliability File BSR1.DAT ASR1.DAT Student Performance Assessment File BSP1.DAT ASP1.DAT Student Performance Assessment Reliability File BSQ1.DAT ASQ1.DAT School Performance Assessment File BCT1.DAT ACT1.DAT The data files for each country may be identified by a three-digit alphabetic country abbreviation designated as in the general file names shown in Table 7.1. The three-digit abbreviations used for each TIMSS country and the available files are listed in Table 7.2 along with the numeric code values used in the country identification variable contained in the background data files (see the following section discussing identification variables). 7 - 2 T I M S S D A T A B A S E U S E R G U I D E
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