PISA 2022 Data from Ireland on Student Psychology and Math Problem-Solving

PISA 2022 data from Ireland (N=5,521 students) was used to construct a moderated mediation model. The study examines how intellectual curiosity influences mathematical problem-solving ability through self-efficacy, with perseverance as a moderator. The dataset was uploaded by Yongzhao Wang in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Testing moderated mediation models based on the described relationships between intellectual curiosity, self-efficacy, perseverance, and math ability.
• Analyzing gender-based heterogeneity in psychological pathways to mathematical problem-solving.
• Investigating differences in psychological mechanisms across economic, social, and cultural status (ESCS) groups.
• Validating self-determination theory and social cognitive theory in a standardized educational assessment context.

Strengths

• Data is from a large, standardized international assessment (PISA 2022) with 5,521 student records from Ireland.
• The analysis provides specific quantitative findings, such as a 45.40% indirect effect of intellectual curiosity through self-efficacy.
• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0 for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is very small (5.5 KB), suggesting it may contain only summary or analysis results, not the raw PISA microdata.

Provenance

Source

PISA 2022 assessment data from Ireland.

Collection Method

Secondary analysis of PISA data to construct a moderated mediation model.

Time Range

2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-19 17:39:10; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ireland