One of the largest limitations to this survey is the use of a small (N=3) and convenient sample. This survey did not have a diverse population in terms of ethnicity, age, and social economic status. The respondents of the survey were all Hispanic/Latino females within the age group of 17-25 years; including the one male who took part in the qualitative survey/interview is also Hispanic/Latino and 21 years of age. Although all the students were employed and receive a working income, it is difficult to depict the respondent’s social economic status. It would be best to use a much larger sample; the survey could be administered to the rest of the university to collect more data. However, there would still be a limitation since the only diversity …show more content…
The survey mostly asked questions about disposable income instead of focusing on what the hypothesis had stated. A majority of the survey covers the manner money is spent instead of going over how people feel about receiving more money. Only two questions in the survey asked the respondents how they felt when they received more income while the rest was about how they feel when they spend their money. This problem would obviously be resolved by making some changes to the questionnaire in accordance to the hypothesis: if the sum of money increases over time, then a person will start to feel less happy when making purchases and going out to do activates with other people. Another weakness of this study is college students taking the survey. It would be best to expand the survey outside the university and focus on other populations rather than just concentrating on one group. This would give more sufficient data, especially since diversity is one of the main issues of this study. If given the chance, traveling to other cities and countries could help further explain the relationship between money and happiness, and examine whether an increase in income does cause a person to feel less or more satisfied. Also, this would present more findings for future research to study
In the world of Ralph Bradburry’s “heit 451”, censorship reigns supreme and deep thoughts are suppressed, specific stories echo messages that serve as warnings of the consequences of a society without intellectual freedom and human connection. In Fahrenheit 451 there is a group of people that memorize these books to teach humanity in their time of need. Some stories I believe are important to memorize are the movie “The Truman Show”, the book “Plato’s Apology”, and the show “The Last of Us”. Each one of these stories offer unique insights into human nature and the dangers of a dystopian society. One story I believe is important to carry on is the movie “The Truman Show” directed by Peter Weir.
This plan ensures that the organization has highly competent employees in a range of areas. It can be referred to as the Organization Entry Plan. This plan is developed in accordance with employee competency required in different operations. In order for this plan to be effective, accuracy, and the mission of the cooperation should be at the forefront. The recruitment, selection and on board process plan is a key element to the success of the organization.
The major limitation of this study will be the narrow focus of female Hispanics in one border town. This study will be limited to the students in the within the Brownsville area and in no way is this a random sample of students or graduates from all high schools in border cities in Texas. Instead this study will use convenience sampling and findings will not be able to be generalized beyond this remote area of Texas. Probability sampling will not be used in this study because it is practically impossible to obtain a list of the population being studied as it would require a list of female students graduating high school and pursuing a post-secondary education across border cities in Texas. Such limitation should not be necessarily so damaging to the quality of the study because the study focuses on identifying the factors that leading to the success of the targeted group
As Begley “When people buy something they try to pay as little for it as they can” (p. 1). Therefore, I agree that money sometimes can bring happiness while there are a lot of things which people cannot have it with money. The author states that people enjoy when they get something on sale, and they feel happy when they spend less money for. Also, the author mentions how money can affect people who are poor and give them happiness; however, rich people gather money to increase their wealth. Sharon also writes about the survey, which how people consider their happiness.
In his article The Funds, Friends, and Faith of Happy People David G. Myers analyzes results of different surveys and researches in attempt to answer the question: “does money make people happier?” The conclusion suggests they do not. While many people have an opposite opinion, facts show the correlation between money and happiness weakens with the increase of income.
The concept of human wisdom is fundamental for an understanding of the “Apology” In Plato’s writings, Socrates is describing his practice of philosophy as a response to the Delphic oracle’s famous statement that “no one is wiser” than he is. Socrates at first regards the oracle’s exclamation as a riddle, since it paints a meaning that contradicts an image of himself: “What is his riddle? I am very conscious that I am not wise at all; what then does he mean by saying that I am the wisest?” (Dan Futter). There are interpretations that have offered insufficient resources for explaining how Socrates could have been humanly wise before Apollo’s oracle, when Socrates believed incorrectly that he was not wise at all. I argue that a reasonable interpretation
The current study had 23 participants from Miami University took part in this experiment. Throughout the study, 2 participants were excluded from analyses, because they failed to follow task instructions or failed to complete the entire experiment. This left a final sample of 21 participants (16 female, 4 male, 1 do not wish to disclose). The mean age was 21.20 years (SD = 7.06). Most of the participants were white (n = 16) while the rest included Asian, Black/African American, and Bi- or Multiracial (n = 5). In addition, in the demographic section of the survey, participants answered their academic standing: freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, or other. The majority of the participants were juniors (n = 9) closely followed by
There were 150 students from a southern university whom were used as the participants for this study. These students were on average around twenty-one years old (Ferguson, 2012). The subjects were almost fifty percent male and fifty percent female. Furthermore, the participants were mainly of Hispanic descent. The number of participants for this study seems
* “Does an increase in personal income cause individuals to have a change in their level of well-being?”
Although Americans do look better and feel better with the extravagant items they purchase, money doesn’t buy happiness for long term goals. Like many will argue, like Atlantic senior editor Derek Thompson did in his 2013 article, “Yes, Money Does Buy Happiness: 6 Lessons on the Newest Research on Income and Well-Being,” money can only buy happiness for short term goals; it won’t last very long for everyone and it could lead to worse scenarios when the money is gone. Thompson (2013) included statistics on richer countries that are proven to be happier, explaining, “First, the lines go up. More money, more happiness. Second, the lines go up in parallel, more or less. Across language, culture, religion, ethnic background, the same amount of extra money seems to buy the similar amount of extra happiness.” Thompson (2013) found the same similar pattern in many other countries and concluded that they are more happy than poorer countries. Although poorer countries don’t have as many resources or many things like richer countries do, Seth Borenstein, in his 2017 article for The Independent, “Norway Beats Denmark to be Named the Happiest Country in the World by the UN,” can beg to differ. Borenstein (2017) says, “While most countries were either getting happier or at least treading water, America's happiness score dropped 5 per cent over the past decade” (Borenstein, 2017). That shows that America, one of the richest
In today’s materialistic world, the phrase that ‘money can’t buy happiness’ is tending to be proved hence otherwise. Social research and surveys have shown results based on an individuals income, health and the political scenario which is dominant in his or her region. It is quite obvious that the gap between the privileged and the not so is growing into a great divide giving rise to different class and status, thus defining ones social circle. It should therefore be understood how an individuals economic status affects their personal happiness throughout all aspects of life. Many tend to refer to this age-old quote especially when they tend to belong to sector of people who can’t afford the modern day luxuries of life. What they do not
Everyone wants to live a happy life. Even those people that hate everything about everyone. The trick is how to get that wanted happiness. Is money a way to achieve this happiness? People, philosophers, professors, and ordinary, everyday people have been pondering this age-old question about the relationship between money and happiness and if money can buy happiness for a very long time. Much research and many surveys have been asked and performed by excited researchers and agog economists. A lot of experiments and presentations galore were rendered by inquisitive University professors and intrigued university undergraduates to provide useful data. As it turns out, money can and will buy happiness for everyone that spends it at the right time and on the right things.
The beautiful smile. The joyous laugh. The smiling eyes. The high pitched voice. All describe the characteristics of one being happy. Benjamin Franklin once stated “money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.”. In turn that quote has been a center of debates for centuries. Conversing over the debatable topic in which happiness does or does not extend from money. In a society such as the twentieth century, happiness is evidently reflected by wealth. Therefore, happiness is influenced by the amount of wealth that corresponds to the way one uses their money.
There are many people claim that there is not any relationship between money and happiness. However, I believe that there is a direct relationship between money and happiness. Research shows that being able to provide our basic needs and higher-level wants leads us to a happy life. The relationship between money and happiness is like the relationship between food and body. “The importance of money in human life is similar to the importance of food for the body. Just like you can’t live even for a few days without food, you can’t survive for long without money.”(Singh, 2015).Having access to our necessities, being able to participate in leisure activities, and being able to help our friends, are things which make us happy; and we need money for having them.So, for being happy in our life,
Housing ownership is found to be positively associated with individual subjective well-being, and people who live in an apartment are likely to be much happier than those who live in other types of housing. Females are found to be less happy than males. In terms of marital status, people who married are much happier than those who have never been married. People whose education level are higher than bachelor degree are much happier than less educated people. Finally, people who have a job are much happier than those who do not work.