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Table 9 Indicators of subject-specific strength and weaknesses by country
Mean within-profile heterogenity | Mean between-profile heterogeneity | Average of conditional domain specific between-profile variance | Conditional domain specific between-profile variance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Biggest in | Smallest in | ||||
Austria | 16 | 39 | 299 | Science | Mathematics |
Czech Republic | 18 | 22 | 338 | Mathematics | Reading |
Finland | 14 | 21 | 319 | Science | Mathematics |
Germany | 11 | 37 | 309 | Reading | Mathematics |
Hungary | 11 | 8 | 398 | Mathematics | Reading |
Ireland | 17 | 18 | 365 | Science | Mathematics |
Italy | 16 | 26 | 343 | Science | Mathematics |
Lithuania | 14 | 17 | 318 | Mathematics | Science |
Malta | 40 | 83 | 403 | Reading | Mathematics |
Northern Ireland | 29 | 42 | 376 | Mathematics | Science |
Poland | 20 | 29 | 349 | Science | Mathematics |
Portugal | 10 | 15 | 326 | Science | Mathematics |
Romania | 18 | 46 | 463 | Mathematics | Reading |
Slovak Republic | 18 | 37 | 379 | Mathematics | Reading |
Slovenia | 11 | 39 | 347 | Mathematics | Reading |
Spain | 15 | 41 | 334 | Mathematics | Reading |
Sweden | 21 | 53 | 319 | Mathematics | Reading |