options(scipen=999) library(lmerTest) library(dplyr) library(tidyverse) library(MuMIn) library(reshape) dat <- readRDS(file="Final replication dataset.rds") #Data transformation #Creation of a new variable that classifies participants in a monolingual (0) and in a bilingual group (1) dat$bilingual = ifelse(dat$I03_ST_A_S26A == (2 | 3), 0, 1) dat <- dat[!(is.na(dat$bilingual)),] #Data exclusion: Excluding students who speak English (the target language) at home dat<-subset(dat, I03_ST_A_S27B==0) #Creation of an average score for writting, reading and listeting dat$ave_writing<- (dat$PV1_WRIT_C+dat$PV2_WRIT_C+dat$PV3_WRIT_C+dat$PV4_WRIT_C+dat$PV5_WRIT_C)/5 dat$ave_reading<-(dat$PV1_READ+dat$PV2_READ+dat$PV3_READ+dat$PV4_READ+dat$PV5_READ)/5 dat$ave_listening<-(dat$PV1_LIST+dat$PV2_LIST+dat$PV3_LIST+dat$PV4_LIST+dat$PV5_LIST)/5 dat$average_english <- rowMeans(dat[ , c('ave_writing', 'ave_reading', 'ave_listening')], na.rm=TRUE) #Converting Cultural Capital into a continous variable dat$Cultural_capital = ifelse(dat$SQt21i01 == "0-10 books", 0, ifelse(dat$SQt21i01 == "11-25 books", 1, ifelse(dat$SQt21i01 == "26-100 books", 2, ifelse(dat$SQt21i01== "101-200 books", 3, ifelse(dat$SQt21i01== "201-500 books", 4, ifelse(dat$SQt21i01== "More than 500 books", 5,"")))))) dat$Cultural_capital<-as.numeric(dat$Cultural_capital) #Exclusing observations with no oweights or weights == 0 # Three datasets are created for each dimenion (Writing, Reading, Listening) dat<-dat %>% filter(FSW_WRIT_TR > 0 | FSW_READ_TR > 0 | FSW_LIST_TR > 0 ) #Centering continous variables (for each of the three datasets) #Centering age dat$c_age<-scale(dat$I08_ST_A_S02A, center = TRUE, scale = FALSE) #Centering SES dat$c_HISEI<-scale(dat$HISEI, center = TRUE, scale = FALSE) #Converting to Z-scores the variable "parental education" and "cultural capital" dat$Z_Parental<-scale(dat$PARED, center = TRUE, scale = TRUE) dat$Z_Cultural<-scale(dat$Cultural_capital, center = TRUE, scale = TRUE) #Function to calculate standardized estimates stdCoef.merMod <- function(object) { sdy <- sd(getME(object,"y")) sdx <- apply(getME(object,"X"), 2, sd) sc <- fixef(object)*sdx/sdy se.fixef <- coef(summary(object))[,"Std. Error"] se <- se.fixef*sdx/sdy return(data.frame(stdcoef=sc, stdse=se)) } #Three-level model results_m2<-lmer(average_english ~ 1+ bilingual + factor(SQt01i01) + c_age + c_HISEI + Z_Parental + Z_Cultural + (1|country_id/school_id), data=dat) summary(results_m2) r.squaredGLMM(results_m2) stdCoef.merMod(results_m2) # SECOND EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS #Three multilevel models are fitted separately on each English dimension, namely writing, reading and listening skills. data <- readRDS(file="Final replication dataset.rds") #Transformation data$bilingual = ifelse(data$I03_ST_A_S26A == (2 | 3), 0, 1) #Data exclusion: Exclusing students who speak English (the target language) at home data<-subset(data, I03_ST_A_S27B==0) #Creation of an average score for writting, reading and listeting data$ave_writing<- (data$PV1_WRIT_C+data$PV2_WRIT_C+data$PV3_WRIT_C+data$PV4_WRIT_C+data$PV5_WRIT_C)/5 data$ave_reading<-(data$PV1_READ+data$PV2_READ+data$PV3_READ+data$PV4_READ+data$PV5_READ)/5 data$ave_listening<-(data$PV1_LIST+data$PV2_LIST+data$PV3_LIST+data$PV4_LIST+data$PV5_LIST)/5 #Converting Cultural Capital into a continous variable data$Cultural_capital = ifelse(data$SQt21i01 == "0-10 books", 0, ifelse(data$SQt21i01 == "11-25 books", 1, ifelse(data$SQt21i01 == "26-100 books", 2, ifelse(data$SQt21i01== "101-200 books", 3, ifelse(data$SQt21i01== "201-500 books", 4, ifelse(data$SQt21i01== "More than 500 books", 5,"")))))) data$Cultural_capital<-as.numeric(data$Cultural_capital) dat_writing<-data %>% filter(FSW_WRIT_TR > 0) dat_reading<-data %>% filter(FSW_READ_TR > 0) dat_listening<- data %>% filter(FSW_LIST_TR > 0) #Centering continous variables (for each of the three datasets) #Centering age dat_writing$c_age<-scale(dat_writing$I08_ST_A_S02A, center = TRUE, scale = FALSE) dat_reading$c_age<-scale(dat_reading$I08_ST_A_S02A, center = TRUE, scale = FALSE) dat_listening$c_age<-scale(dat_listening$I08_ST_A_S02A, center = TRUE, scale = FALSE) #Centering SES dat_writing$c_HISEI<-scale(dat_writing$HISEI, center = TRUE, scale = FALSE) dat_reading$c_HISEI<-scale(dat_reading$HISEI, center = TRUE, scale = FALSE) dat_listening$c_HISEI<-scale(dat_listening$HISEI, center = TRUE, scale = FALSE) #Converting to Z-scores the variable "parental education" and "cultural capital" dat_writing$Z_Parental<-scale(dat_writing$PARED, center = TRUE, scale = TRUE) dat_reading$Z_Parental<-scale(dat_reading$PARED, center = TRUE, scale = TRUE) dat_listening$Z_Parental<-scale(dat_listening$PARED, center = TRUE, scale = TRUE) dat_writing$Z_Cultural<-scale(dat_writing$Cultural_capital, center = TRUE, scale = TRUE) dat_reading$Z_Cultural<-scale(dat_reading$Cultural_capital, center = TRUE, scale = TRUE) dat_listening$Z_Cultural<-scale(dat_listening$Cultural_capital, center = TRUE, scale = TRUE) #Three-leve models with control variables writing<-lmer(ave_writing ~ 1+ bilingual + factor(SQt01i01) + c_age + c_HISEI + Z_Parental + Z_Cultural + (1|country_id/school_id), data=dat_writing) summary(writing) r.squaredGLMM(writing) reading<-lmer(ave_reading ~ 1+ bilingual + factor(SQt01i01) + c_age + c_HISEI + Z_Parental + Z_Cultural + (1|country_id/school_id), data=dat_reading) summary(reading) r.squaredGLMM(reading) listening<-lmer(ave_listening ~ 1+ bilingual + factor(SQt01i01) + c_age + c_HISEI + Z_Parental + Z_Cultural +(1|country_id/school_id), data=dat_listening) summary(listening) r.squaredGLMM(listening) #Obtaining standardized estimates for all models stdCoef.merMod(writing) stdCoef.merMod(reading) stdCoef.merMod(listening)