This open access methodological book summarises existing analysing techniques using data from
PIAAC a study initiated by the OECD that assesses key cognitive and occupational skills of the
adult population in more than 40 countries. The approximately 65 PIAAC datasets that has been
published worldwide to date has been widely received and used by an interdisciplinary research
community. Due to the complex structure of the data analyses with PIAAC datasets are very
challenging. To ensure the quality and significance of these data analyses it is necessary to
instruct users in the correct handling of the data. This methodological book provides a
standardised approach to successfully implementing these data analyses. It contains examples of
and tools for the analysis of the PIAAC data using different statistical approaches and
software and it offers perspectives from various disciplines. The contributing authors have
hands-on experience of using PIAAC data and or they have conducted data analysis workshops
with these data.
