Sunday, July 13, 2008

Happiness


1. Do you think these data collection tools are valid scientific tools? Why or Why not? (In research this is part of what is called validity)
No, i don't really think so. Because it is more focused on professional people, it may understand some people's situations but not for me as well and i think that this is just a computer program not natural. More over, i think that the only thing that will measure my happiness is myself.
2. Do you think your results would be if you took the on-line questionnaire at a different time, on a different day? Why or why not? (In research this is part of what is called reliability)
No, because your happiness level can change in any minute, because these feelings can be expressed on the daily basis programs, relationships, in jobs and in many places. So, if you one day you lost everything in your life and did the questionnaire you will probably get a poor mark and if you became happy this mark will be upgraded in a higher mark.I think, these results can be changed depending on the present life that people's have.
3. Which of the two tools is better to do with a large group of people (eg. university students, people living in cities versus rural locations, etc.) to discover patterns of happiness in a given population? Why do you think that one is better suited?
I think it may work for university students, because in university the student life can be clearly showed whether he/ she was happy or not. Their environment, personality, grades and usually income can be semi-fixed. So their life doesn't really change fast.

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