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Table 6 Estimated between-country and within-country covariance matrices

From: Examining the attitude-achievement paradox in PISA using a multilevel multidimensional IRT model for extreme response style

(a) Between-country covariance matrix

 

ENJ

VAL

ENV

USE

FUTA

FUTB

LRN

ERS

ACH

ENJ

.42

.13

.06

.12

.20

.21

.15

.02

.17

VAL

.13

.29

.06

.08

.13

.14

.08

.04

.09

ENV

.06

.06

.25

.03

.04

.07

.01

.03

.02

USE

.11

.08

.03

.31

.09

.14

.10

.03

.07

FUTA

.20

.13

.04

.09

.52

.22

.21

-.00

.24

FUTB

.21

.14

.07

.14

.22

.45

.17

.02

.19

LRN

.15

.08

.01

.10

.21

.17

.42

-.01

.19

ERS

.02

.04

.03

.03

-.00

.02

-.01

.24

-.02

ACH

.17

.09

.02

.07

.24

.19

.19

-.02

.47

(b) Within-country covariance matrix

 

ENJ

VAL

ENV

USE

FUTA

FUTB

LRN

ERS

ACH

ENJ

1.55

.64

.34

.59

1.10

.94

.91

.14

-.29

VAL

.64

.60

.31

.44

.55

.58

.45

.21

-.16

ENV

.34

.31

.47

.31

.25

.31

.21

.23

-.16

USE

.59

.44

.31

1.10

.55

.66

.48

.22

-.08

FUTA

1.10

.55

.47

.55

1.67

1.16

.88

.10

-.18

FUTB

.94

.58

.31

.66

1.16

1.54

.84

.16

-.16

LRN

.91

.45

.21

.48

.88

.84

1.47

.07

-.25

ERS

.14

.21

.23

.22

.10

.16

.07

.54

-.01

ACH

-.29

-.16

-.16

-.08

-.18

-.16

-.25

-.01

.71