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Table 2 Regression outcomes for the 41 countries in PISA 2003; Problem solving competence (score) as the dependent variable

From: The acquisition of problem solving competence: evidence from 41 countries that math and science education matters

Country

Science

Mathematics

  

Problem solving score

 

β(SE)

p

β(SE)

p

r(M,S)

R 2

Australia

.26 (.01)

<.001

.67 (.01)

<.001

.82

.797

529.8

Austria

.22 (.02)

<.001

.65 (.02)

<.001

.76

.680

506.1

Belgium

.22 (.01)

<.001

.66 (.01)

<.001

.74

.707

525.3

Brazil

-.03 (.02)

.089

.66 (.01)

<.001

.48

.417

370.9

Canada

.29 (.01)

<.001

.65 (.01)

<.001

.83

.807

529.3

Czech Republic

.22 (.01)

<.001

.68 (.01)

<.001

.72

.734

516.4

Denmark

.21 (.02)

<.001

.72 (.02)

<.001

.80

.805

516.8

Finland

.18 (.02)

<.001

.70 (.02)

<.001

.81

.722

547.6

France

.17 (.01)

<.001

.65 (.01)

<.001

.64

.586

519.2

Germany

.24 (.02)

<.001

.64 (.01)

<.001

.76

.699

513.4

Greece

.10 (.02)

<.001

.62 (.02)

<.001

.53

.463

448.5

Hong Kong

.22 (.02)

<.001

.68 (.02)

<.001

.74

.733

547.9

Hungary

.18 (.02)

<.001

.62 (.02)

<.001

.57

.535

501.1

Iceland

.10 (.02)

<.001

.79 (.02)

<.001

.79

.752

504.7

Indonesia

.04 (.01)

<.001

.58 (.01)

<.001

.45

.354

361.4

Ireland

.30 (.02)

<.001

.65 (.02)

<.001

.84

.837

498.5

Italy

.18 (.01)

<.001

.61 (.01)

<.001

.60

.531

469.5

Japan

.18 (.02)

<.001

.64 (.02)

<.001

.65

.593

547.3

Korea

.09 (.02)

<.001

.77 (.01)

<.001

.78

.705

550.4

Latvia

.23 (.02)

<.001

.63 (.02)

<.001

.70

.652

482.5

Liechtenstein

.13 (.05)

.011

.71 (.06)

<.001

.70

.649

529.5

Luxembourg

.30 (.02)

<.001

.61 (.02)

<.001

.79

.749

493.7

Macao (China)

.21 (.04)

<.001

.64 (.03)

<.001

.64

.628

532.4

Mexico

-.03 (.01)

<.001

.66 (.01)

<.001

.52

.413

384.4

The Netherlands

.22 (.01)

<.001

.68 (.01)

<.001

.76

.750

520.2

New Zealand

.18 (.02)

<.001

.75 (.02)

<.001

.88

.834

532.8

Norway

.08 (.02)

<.001

.82 (.01)

<.001

.82

.788

489.8

Poland

.28 (.02)

<.001

.63 (.01)

<.001

.78

.749

486.6

Portugal

.22 (.02)

<.001

.64 (.01)

<.001

.73

.657

469.8

Russia

.13 (.01)

<.001

.64 (.02)

<.001

.59

.519

478.6

Slovakia

.10 (.01)

<.001

.75 (.01)

<.001

.71

.675

491.8

Spain

.18 (.01)

<.001

.69 (.01)

<.001

.71

.681

482.2

Sweden

.17 (.02)

<.001

.72 (.02)

<.001

.80

.740

508.6

Switzerland

.25 (.01)

<.001

.64 (.01)

<.001

.77

.717

521.3

Thailand

.06 (.02)

.001

.67 (.02)

<.001

.62

.499

425.0

Tunisia

-.04 (.02)

.128

.53 (.02)

<.001

.44

.268

344.7

Turkey

.24 (.02)

<.001

.62 (.02)

<.001

.62

.620

407.5

United Kingdom

.22 (.01)

<.001

.71 (.01)

<.001

.85

.817

510.6

United States

.19 (.01)

<.001

.76 (.01)

<.001

.86

.856

477.3

Uruguay

-.06 (.02)

<.001

.57 (.01)

<.001

.39

.305

410.7

Yugoslavia

.13 (.02)

<.001

.69 (.02)

<.001

.60

.594

418.4

  1. Note. r(M,S): correlation between math and science performance; R2: explanation of variance in problem solving scores by math and science scores.
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