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You have misunderstood. They ask people to report their actual income and their actual life satisfaction.
by beefman 13y ago
You have misunderstood. They ask people to report their actual income and their actual life satisfaction.
- hosh 13y agoFair enough, however, when I reread the post it says: "They use a trove of data generated by Gallup, a polling firm, from its World Poll. Gallup asked respondents around the world to imagine a "satisfaction ladder" in which the top step represents a respondent's best possible life. Those being polled are then asked where on the ladder they stand (from zero to a maximum of 10), and how much they earn." Not quite the same thing I said, but it still introduces a bias. The people are asked to first imagine what a "10" -- that is, their ideal, imagined happiness -- before rating their happiness. It is essentially still the same mechanic, imagining a happiness before putting your "actual" happiness against that scale.