Study Bachman et al. (1978): study US 1966
- Public:
- Public highschool boys followed 8 years from grade 10, USA, 1966-74
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 1628
- Non Response:
- 2.8% at T1, 17.2% at T2, 21.0% at T3, 28.9% at T4, 28.5% at T5
- Assessment:
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Multiple methods
Interviews, tests and questionnaires
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Intelligence
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Respondent's scores on three tests of intelligence (the Quick Test of intelligence, section J (vocubalary)
of the General Aptitude Test Battery, and the Gates test of reading comprehension) and mean of these scores. Assessed at T1
Observed Relation with Happiness
test test
T1 happiness: +.01 +.04 +.03 +.03 T2 happiness: +.01 +.01 +.03 +.02
T3 happiness: +.01 +.00 +.04 +.01 T4 happiness: +.01 +.03 +.03 +.02 All tau's not significant
T1:1966, T2:1968, T3:1969, T4:1970