Replication of Seaton et al (2009) Big-Fish-Little_Pond Effect: Generalizability and Moderation

This study is a replication of Seaton et al's (2009) paper 'Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect: generalisability and moderation - two sides of the same coin' published in the American Education Research Journal. The BFLPE suggests that students who attend high-ability classes and schools have lower academic self-concepts than their equally able peers in lower ability environments. Seaton investigates the effect of 16 potential moderators on the BFLPE using the data set produced by the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment in 2003. PISA is an international standardised assessment of 15-year-old students’ attainment and attitudes in relation to reading, mathematics and science, gathering data from 41 countries. In this study, we attempt to replicate the results from Seaton's mixed effects models and compare them to results from more parsimonious linear regressions.