Date of Publication

2022

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Statistics Major in Actuarial Science

Subject Categories

Mathematics

College

College of Science

Department/Unit

Mathematics and Statistics Department

Thesis Advisor

Rechel G. Arcilla

Defense Panel Chair

Frumencio F. Co

Defense Panel Member

Patricia Gelin I. Doctolero

Abstract/Summary

Recent literacy statistics reveal that Filipino students have poor reading comprehension. This study employed a Proportional Odds (PO) Ordinal Logistic Regression analysis in identifying significant factors that affect the perceived difficulty of 15-year-old Filipino students in reading comprehension using the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 data. However, PISA employed a complex sampling design, and it is an uncommon knowledge that ignoring it would lead to misleading inferences. Thus, the effects of survey weights in PO modeling were also investigated. Results showed that coefficients and standard errors were overestimated when weights were ignored, and the significant predictors differ between the unweighted and weighted model. In the weighted model, nonsignificant predictors were found to be the support shown by the teacher in test language lessons and teacher-directed instructions. Meanwhile, the attitude of the students towards school learning activities, their exposure to bullying, their sense of belongingness in school, the interest being displayed by the teacher, and the way of stimulating reading engagement by the teacher were found to be significant. Among these, their exposure to bullying (BEINGBULLIED), and their sense of belongingness in school (BELONG) were found to be the most significant contributors to students' perceived difficulty in reading comprehension of students.

Abstract Format

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Language

English

Format

Electronic

Physical Description

31 leaves

Keywords

Reading comprehension--Philippines; Regression analysis

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7-6-2022

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