Kilpatrick & Cantril (1960): study ZA 1958
Publication
- Author(s):
- Kilpatrick, F.P.; Cantril, H.
- Title:
- Self-Anchoring Scaling: A Measure of Individuals' Unique Reality Worlds.
- Source:
- Journal of Individual Psychology, 1960, Vol. 16, 158 - 173
Investigation
- Public
- Tribal people, South Africa, 1958
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents
- N = 50
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question
Using a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means 'the worst possible life' and 10 means the 'best possible life', how would you rate your life overall these days?
0 worst possible life overall
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 best possible life overall - Classification:
- C-BW-c-sq-n-11-c
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.90 1.90
- SD:
- - -