21,254 responses from 1,894 respondents to 15 items.
| Description | PIRLS 2023 grade-4 reading achievement, South Africa (English and isiZulu): the released 'Octopuses' informational passage, 15 items, resp 0-3. 1894 learners x 15 items = 21254 responses. |
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| Reference | Mthimkhulu, S., Roux, K., & Mihai, M. (2023). Progress in International Reading Literacy (PIRLS) 2023 English and isiZulu achievement [Data set]. University of Pretoria. https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.24784086 |
| DOI | 10.25403/UPresearchdata.24784086 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Source data | https://researchdata.up.ac.za/articles/dataset/_/24784086 |
| Responses | 21,254 |
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| Respondents | 1,894 |
| Items | 15 |
| Response categories | 4 |
| Responses per respondent | 11.222 |
| Responses per item | 1416.933 |
| Density | 0.748 |
| Longitudinal | FALSE |
| sample | Educational |
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| measurement tool | Test |
| item format | Mixed |
| primary language(s) | eng, zul |
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Or load it directly in R or Python:
# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("mthimkhulu_2023_pirls_reading")
# Python
pip install irw
import irw
df = irw.fetch("mthimkhulu_2023_pirls_reading")
| IRW version | v393 |
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| Redivis dataset | item_response_warehouse_4 v7.0 |
| Redivis dataset DOI | 10.57761/cpj5-vm97 |
| Manifest pin for this IRW version | v7.0 |
| Metadata source | irw_meta v23.0 |