1. How to Achieve High Quality Data?
Obtaining comparative results in multi-country surveys: is the devil in the details? A round table discussion
Petra Holeckova, November

2. What is behind the results Example of PIAAC survey

3. PIAAC Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies
Project organized on international level by OECD
„The survey measures adults’ proficiency in key information-processing skills: literacy, numeracy and problem solving in technology-rich environments – and gathers information and data on how adults use their skills at home, at work and in the wider community.“ (PIAAC website)
Target group: years old
Length of interview: 120 minutes
6102 respondents in the Czech Republic
Data Collection period: August 2011–April 2012
PIAAC
Achieved education and work history
Skills / competencies used at work and at home
Series of tests
Background questionnaire: possibility to compare achieved education of parents and children as well as their proffesion

4. Schedule – PIAAC (1st round) (Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies)
Conceptual Framework
Pilot – module Labor Market Requirements
Preparation of the research instruments and PC platform
Data Collection Agency Involved
Data Collection – Pilot
Analysis of Pilot s.
Preparation for Main Survey
Main Survey
Analyses of the Main Survey
International Report

5. PIAAC Technical Standards and Guidelines
192 pages
Covered all issues:
Qualification of the team
Sample Design standards
Survey instrument standards
Translation and adaptation standards
Data Collection staff training standards
Data Collection standards
Weighting standards
Estimation standards
National teams met several times and shared the „Sharepoint site“
All steps were closely monitored by Consortium of survey institutions

6. Conclusions Key points Key limits Professional and experienced team
Well-translated and comprehensive questionnaire
Representative sample
High response rate in all sub-groups
Weights
People do not behave as in ideal model world
Lack of time
Lack of money