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Correlational findings

Study Ferriss (2002): study US 1972

Public
18 + aged, general public, United States, 1972-1996
Sample
Respondents
N = 34706
Non Response
0,7%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
World is good (vs evil)
Our Classification
Distribution
N=11221; M=2,19; SD=0,61
1=6,45%; 2=3,6%; 3=8,2%; 4=28,4%; 5=23,9%; 6=14,1%; 7=15,4%
(1996 GSS) N=unknown
Operationalization
Selfreport on single question
World is ...
1: evil
2
3
4
5
6
7: good

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa DM = +                M        SD
1:Evil        2,11     0,70
2:            2,10     0,61
3:            2,09     0,59
4:            2,16     0,61
5:            2,21     0,57
6:            2,27     0,59
7:Good        2,29     0,65 O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa r = +.08 ns O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa BMCT = 3<4<5<6,7