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ALL - Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey
BQ - Background Questionnaire
CAPI - Computer-Assisted Personal Interview
CATI - Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview
CBA - Computer-Based Assessment
CHAID - Chi-Square Automatic Interaction Detection
CMA - Census Metropolitan Area
DIPF - German Institute for International Educational Research
ETS - Educational Testing Service
IALS - International Adult Literacy Survey
IALSS - International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey
ICT - Information and Communication Technologies
IEA - International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement
ISCED - International Standard Classification for Education
ISCO - International Standard Classification of Occupations
ISIC - International Standard Industrial Classification
NHS - National Household Survey
OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OLM - Official-Language Minority
PBA - Paper-Based Assessment
PIAAC - Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
PSE - Postsecondary Education
PS-TRE - Problem Solving in Technology-Rich Environments
PSU - Primary Sampling Units
QC - Quality Control
RHG - Response Homogeneity Groups
ROA - Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market