Characteristics

Code:

O-HV-*-sq-nt-11-b

Focus:

Overall: Happiness Various items (O-HV)

Time frame:

various time frames (*)

Mode:

1 question (sq)

Scale Type:

numeric scales transformed to same range (nt)

Scale Range:

11

Description

Self report on single question

Various items using the term happiness

Responses transformed to common 0 to 10 scale

Scores on verbal response scales transformed using Thurstone's technique of expert weighing

Scores on numerical scales shorter than 11 step transformed by linear stretching