Investigation of the relationship between socioeconomic status and literacy in PISA Türkiye data

Year 2024, Volume: 13 Issue: 4, 360 - 378, 31.10.2024

Mehmet Can Demir , Kübra Atalay Kabasakal , Murat Doğan Şahin

https://doi.org/10.19128/turje.1474213

Abstract

Previous researchers have identified socioeconomic status as a significant predictor of achievement/literacy. However, it is important to recognize that the influence of socioeconomic status on literacy may vary at different levels of socioeconomic status. Thus, this study analyzes the relationship between socioeconomic status and literacy scores for all domains in PISA Türkiye data from 2003 to 2022 through the Classification and Regression Trees and linear regression methods. Upon examining the results, separate investigations carried out for the lower and upper socioeconomic status groups indicate that R2 values were found to be equal to or greater than .80 in 37 out of the 42 analyses. From 2003 to 2009, the R2 values in both groups were considerably high; however, there has been a notable decline in subsequent periods. The year 2009 demonstrated particularly high R2 values by ESCS in all domains for both upper and lower groups. Consequently, socioeconomic status exhibited a greater predictive power on literacy scores across all domains in the lower socioeconomic group than upper socioeconomic group.

Keywords

Classification and Regression Trees (CART), Economic social and cultural status (ESCS), Literacy Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Socioeconomic status

PISA Türkiye verilerinde sosyoekonomik düzey ve okuryazarlık arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi

Abstract

Önceki araştırmalar, sosyoekonomik düzeyin başarının/okuryazarlığın önemli bir yordayıcısı olduğunu göstermiştir. Ancak, sosyoekonomik düzeyin okuryazarlık üzerindeki etkisinin farklı sosyoekonomik düzeylerde değişebileceğini kabul etmek önemlidir. Bu nedenle, bu çalışmada, 2003-2022 yılları arasındaki PISA Türkiye verilerinde tüm alanlar için sosyoekonomik düzey ve okuryazarlık puanları arasındaki ilişki Sınıflandırma ve Regresyon Ağaçları ve doğrusal regresyon yöntemleriyle analiz edilmiştir. Sonuçlar incelendiğinde, alt ve üst sosyoekonomik düzey için ayrı ayrı yapılan incelemeler, 42 analizin 37'sinde R2 değerlerinin .80'e eşit veya .80’den daha yüksek olduğunu göstermektedir. 2003'ten 2009'a kadar her iki grupta da R2 değerleri oldukça yüksektir; ancak sonraki yıllarda kayda değer bir düşüş yaşanmıştır. 2009 yılı hem üst hem de alt gruplar için tüm alanlarda ESCS'ye göre özellikle yüksek R2 değerleri göstermiştir. Sonuç olarak, sosyoekonomik düzey, alt sosyoekonomik grupta üst gruba göre daha iyi yordama gücüne sahiptir.

Keywords

Ekonomik sosyal ve kültürel statü (ESCS), Okuryazarlık Sınıflama ve Regresyon Ağaçlar (CART), Sosyoekonomik düzey, Uluslararası Öğrenci Değerlendirme Programı

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