Effects of varying response formats on self-ratings of life-satisfaction

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 381-395

  Mazaheri, Mehrdad ^a   Theuns, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SISTAN AND BALUCHESTAN   (Iran)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anchoring; Bias; Bipolar scales; Life dissatisfaction; Overall life satisfaction; Rating scale; Response format; Unipolar scales

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF LIFE; STUDENT; SURVEY;

EID: 56749156145     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9263-2     Document Type: Article

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