Study Napier & Jost (2008): study US 2000

Public

Voters, before and after presidential election, USA, 2000

Sample

Respondents

N = 1142

Non Response

not reported

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
T1: face-to-face or telephone interview; T2: telephone interview

Correlate

Authors's Label

Need for cognition

Our Classification

Error Estimates

Inter item correlation: r=+.49; p<.001

Remarks

Scores adjusted for non response, within-household selection, poststratification of age and education, and attrition from T1 to T2.

Operationalization

Mean of responses to two questions:
a: preference for difficult vs simple problems (dichotomous variable) and
b:liking responsability for thinking
Each rated on a 5-point numerical scale ranging from dislike a lot to like a lot. Rescaled to range from 0 to 1

Observed Relation with Happiness