Cross-country Analysis of ICT and Education Indicators: An Exploratory Study

International Conference on Information Technology and Digital Applications

计算机科学

Pratama, Ahmad R.^1,2

Department of Informatics, Universitas Islam Indonesia Sleman, DIY, 55584, Indonesia^1

Department of Technology and Society, Stony Brook University, NY

11794, United States^2

关键词: Cross-country analysis;    Digital divide;    Exploratory studies;    Missing values;    Ordinary least squares;    Participation rate;    Technology utilization;    World bank;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/185/1/012006/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/185/1/012006

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

This paper explores the relationship between world ICT and education indicators by using the latest available data from World Bank and UNESCO in range of 2011-2014 with the help of different exploratory methods such as principal component analysis (PCA), factor analysis (FA), cluster analysis, and ordinary least square (OLS) regression. After dealing with all missing values, 119 countries were included in the final dataset. The findings show that most ICT and education indicators are highly associated with income of the respective country and therefore confirm the existence of digital divide in ICT utilization and participation gap in education between rich and poor countries. It also indicates that digital divide and participation gap is highly associated with each other. Finally, the findings also confirm reverse causality in ICT and education; higher participation rate in education increases technology utilization, which in turn helps promote better outcomes of education.