Wellbeing web survey
Year: 2022
Type: preprint
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: As in previous Registrations, the foremost intended output from the Baseline survey (and related surveys) is a paper which is tentatively titled, “Adjusting for Scale-Use Heterogeneity in Self-Reported Well-Being.” The Baseline survey consists of four types of questions: aspect ratings, aspect tradeoffs, calibration questions, and “other” questions. The “other” questions fall in five general categories: demographic questions, questions to learn about respondents’ scale-use tendencies, questions to explore respondents’ interpretation of specific aspects, questions to assess respondent effort and experience, and exploratory questions. We fielded an exploratory “N=500” sample of the Baseline survey on Amazon MTurk in June-August 2020. We have also fielded follow-up surveys (Baseline2 and BottomlessA) on that sample. We have used these data to further refine our methodology for using calibration questions to correct self-reported well-being ratings for interpersonal differences in scale use. We have made minor edits to the Baseline survey and our next step is to field on a larger “N=4000” sample on MTurk, as soon as possible. Registration 4 updates the “quality control” criteria from Registration 3, to provide a more comprehensive explanation of our approach.
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7164027140