Overview
- Analyses the quantification of the effect of factors measuring subjective well-being
- Shows how the application of correct metrics can make studies less vulnerable
- Reflects on different factors influencing quantification
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Happiness Studies Book Series (HAPS)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Measurement Issues
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Comparability Issues
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Possible Improvements of the Measurability of Subjective Well-Being
Keywords
- Quality of Life and Happiness
- Measuring Good Life
- Exploration of Human Subjectivity
- Measures of Happiness
- Life Satisfaction in France
- Explanation of Subjective Well-Being
- Social Desirability and Happiness
- Culture and Well-Being
- Measure of Life Satisfaction across Countries
- Measuring Subjective Well-Being
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Filomena Maggino is professor of Social Statistics at the University of Florence (Italy) and chief of the Laboratory of Statistics for Research in Social and Educational field. In the field of statistics applied to social research, her twenty-year research covers mainly data (i) production (with particular reference to subjective data assessment), (ii) analysis (with particular reference to multivariate analysis, scaling models and composite indicator construction), and presentation and dissemination (with particular reference to defining a model aimed at assessing the quality of communication in statistics). Her research interests aim at seeing these topics in the perspective of quality of life assessment.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Metrics of Subjective Well-Being: Limits and Improvements
Editors: Gaël Brulé, Filomena Maggino
Series Title: Happiness Studies Book Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61810-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-61809-8Published: 09 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87169-1Published: 07 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-61810-4Published: 02 August 2017
Series ISSN: 2213-7513
Series E-ISSN: 2213-7521
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 264
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quality of Life Research, Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Economic Growth, Methodology of the Social Sciences