The use of different happiness rating scales: Bias and comparison problem?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-267

  Lim, Hock Eam ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Comparison of mean happiness; Happiness; Rescaling; Transition probability

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING BIAS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

EID: 42649116805     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9171-x     Document Type: Article

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