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Question: You have just read a long and rather difficult two-page text about fluctuations in the water level of a lake in Africa. You have to write a summary.How do you rate the usefulness of the following strategies for writing a summary of this two-page text? - I try to copy out accurately as many sentences as possible.
Choices: 1 "Not useful at all" - 6 "Very useful"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
77 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Saudi Arabia3.54
2 Malaysia3.43
3 Indonesia3.40
4 Morocco3.34
5 Jordan3.27
6 Philippines3.23
7 China3.19
8 Kazakhstan3.13
8 Thailand3.13
10 Belarus3.09
11 Turkiye3.06
12 Viet Nam3.05
13 Bosnia and Herzegovina3.04
14 Taiwan3.01
14 United Arab Emirates3.01
16 Panama3.00
17 Ukraine2.98
18 Hong Kong, China2.94
19 Albania2.93
19 Lithuania2.93
21 Croatia2.92
21 Montenegro2.92
23 Brunei Darussalam2.87
24 Russian Federation2.83
25 Moldova2.82
26 Republic of Korea2.80
27 Kosovo2.77
28 Romania2.76
28 Serbia2.76
30 Azerbaijan2.75
31 Costa Rica2.73
31 Japan2.73
33 Ireland2.72
33 Singapore2.72
35 Macao, China2.71
35 Mexico2.71
37 Chile2.70
37 Georgia2.70
39 Australia2.68
40 Malta2.66
40 Slovenia2.66
42 Bulgaria2.65
43 Latvia2.63
43 Qatar2.63
45 Dominican Republic2.59
46 Colombia2.58
46 Israel2.58
46 Peru2.58
49 Iceland2.57
50 Estonia2.55
50 New Zealand2.55
52 Hungary2.53
53 Poland2.50
54 United Kingdom2.47
54 United States2.47
56 Greece2.44
57 Brazil2.43
57 Canada2.43
57 Switzerland2.43
60 Argentina2.42
61 Slovakia2.39
62 Sweden2.36
63 Austria2.30
63 Cyprus2.30
65 Germany2.22
66 Spain2.18
67 Finland2.17
68 Netherlands2.16
69 Luxembourg 2.13
70 Portugal2.10
71 Belgium2.09
71 Denmark2.09
73 Czech Republic2.08
74 Uruguay2.06
75 Norway2.04
76 Italy2.00
77 France1.87

Note
The data of Azerbaijan are collected only in Baku. The data of China are collected only in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

No data for 161 countries.

Source
OECD PISA 2018 Compendia

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -0.998521 X +8.957
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.539
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.291

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data77
Regression equation
Y = -35812.043780 X +128906.107
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.482
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.232

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = -5.464492 X +92.803
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.497
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.247

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data76
Regression equation
Y = 0.412006 X +0.532
Correlation coefficient (r)0.357
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data73
Regression equation
Y = -1.478659 X +12.901
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014