Study Constantinople (1967): study US NewYork 1966

Public

University students, Rochester, USA, 1966

Sample

Respondents

N = 165

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Two questionaires were used; one in the classroom and one at home; during the first 2 weeks of March.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Product score

Our Classification

Error Estimates

internal consistency +.72

Remarks

Perceived Instrumentality of the College Test (PICT)

Operationalization

Participant were presented 14 statements about goals in college, such as:
- learning
- contexts
- self discovery
They rated each of these statements for:
a: its importance as a goal in the subject's own college experience
b: the degree to which the University was percieved as helping or hindering progress toward that the goal.

Rating were made on a 7 step scale

The product of the two ratings was obtained and summed over all 14 statements leading to a range of 14 to 686.

Observed Relation with Happiness