My masters dissertation on happiness economics

Tom444

Errata wrote: »

Pilotting a study is the opportunity to adjust/change the questionairre and your results then include a small section on how you pilotted it and why and what changes you made.
If you don't discard responses made before the final version of the questionairre you won't get kosher results.

Appreciated advice. If it's necessary that the responses from the very early respondents be discarded then that's a shame but they all played a part in the development of the questionnaire.

Errata

Indeed, and those who participate in a questionairre pilot play a very important part by testing it and uncovering weaknesses. That's good science and mentioning in the results section that it was pilotted will improve final marks.

jellynose

Thanks.

I have to hand in my masters dissertation this Monday and I was looking for a distraction as I am sick of looking at it at the minute.

So I completed your survey and as well as a distraction it helped you out

Good luck with it and I hope that the loosing the will to live with this bl00dy thing feeling does not last to long with you when you eventually get there :rotfl:

poet123

Completed for you, hope it helps.

jobbingmusician

I don't see any questions about happiness in that survey! You seem to have assumed that happiness = low anxiety plus financial security with a side order of socialising.

I could be a hermit, attending an interview today for the job of my dreams! - very anxious but very happy..........

Tiglath

Completed for you.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

I visited Sainsburys tonight. They are after department managers at £24,000 a year. While I would not get up to have a !!!! for that, there is hope for op may just be under the threshold to repay their student loan.

Tom444

jobbingmusician wrote: »

I don't see any questions about happiness in that survey! You seem to have assumed that happiness = low anxiety plus financial security with a side order of socialising.

I could be a hermit, attending an interview today for the job of my dreams! - very anxious but very happy..........

The variables which will indicate one's happiness come from four questions: Anxiety, life satisfaction, how worthwhile one's life is and how happy did you feel yesterday.

All of the other questions (age, gender, income etc) exist to try and explain why these happiness values are what they are for each of us.

Anyway, it's up to just under 300 responses now for the questionnaire, which I'm really happy about. Would like to reach 400 still, so if anyone hasn't filled it out yet, it would still be very much appreciated!