Happiness Scale Interval Study. Methodological Considerations

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 497-515

  Kalmijn, W M ^a   Arends, L R ^a   Veenhoven, R ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beta distribution; Happiness; Measurement; Ordinal scales; Parameter estimation; Probability distribution; Scale interval approach

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHODOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 79957953634     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9688-2     Document Type: Article

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