Metrics of Subjective Well-Being: Limits and Improvements (Happiness Studies Book Series)
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- Synopsis
- This volume analyses the quantification of the effect of factors measuring subjective well-being, and in particular on the metrics applied. With happiness studies flourishing over the last decades, both in number of publications as well as in their exposure, researchers working in this field are aware of potential weaknesses and pitfalls of these metrics. Contributors to this volume reflect on different factors influencing quantification, such as scale size, wording, language, biases, and cultural comparability in order to raise awareness on the tools and on their conditions of use.
- Copyright:
- 2017
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9783319618104
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783319618098
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 10/10/18
- Copyrighted By:
- Springer International Publishing, Cham
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Mathematics and Statistics, Sociology
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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