Table IV-I Descriptive Statistics for Total Students

Variable Chinese Taipei Hong Kong SAR Japan Korea Singapore
M SD M SD M SD M SD M SD
Math Ach1 601.23 96.56 589.33 78.04 585.14 88.38 603.19 85.04 614.92 83.07
Math Ach2 601.81 96.40 589.50 78.65 585.92 88.80 605.07 84.91 616.45 83.26
Math Ach3 601.99 97.24 591.30 78.97 586.13 88.62 604.48 85.13 616.75 83.11
Math Ach4 602.37 98.18 589.94 80.80 585.28 88.99 603.63 85.20 615.73 83.22
Math Ach5 601.81 96.15 590.35 79.58 585.63 89.83 603.90 84.95 617.32 83.55
Gender 0.51 0.50 0.53 0.50 0.49 0.50 0.51 0.50 0.51 0.50
Science Ach 571.93 82.60 542.34 72.78 569.96 75.25 553.84 77.10 591.47 87.98
Home Edu Res 10.37 1.65 10.09 1.63 10.97 1.49 11.58 1.60 10.29 1.59
Like Math 9.25 1.85 9.49 1.94 9.20 1.66 9.12 1.69 10.1 1.88
Eng Teaching 9.25 1.77 9.34 2.01 8.50 1.43 8.43 1.52 9.76 1.78
Conf in Math 9.12 2.39 9.38 2.20 8.96 1.95 9.43 1.83 9.72 2.17
Value Math 8.16 1.74 8.68 1.96 8.47 1.52 8.59 1.62 9.67 1.73
Emp on Acad 9.91 1.95 9.54 1.83 9.78 1.56 11.10 1.86 10.61 1.71
Discipline Prob 11.13 1.69 11.32 1.48 10.47 1.78 11.02 2.02 11.57 1.55
Location 0.54 0.50 0.85 0.35 0.38 0.49 0.55 0.50 1.00 0.00