A criticism of happiness research is that it often relies on what a person says about his or her own happiness. Calling a self-report measure of happiness "subjective well-being" seems not to help ...

A new grant awarded to a researcher from Virginia Tech illuminates an important but poorly understood fact about science and engineering – it's all done by humans and humans are not objective ...

Most academic disciplines belonging to broad category of social sciences are intrinsically interpretative. This is because any claimed addition/contribution to ‘knowledge’ in any branch of social ...

Socioeconomic status (SES) is largely understood to be a fundamental determinant of health. Recently, subjective socioeconomic status (SSS) has emerged as a potentially important predictor of health ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American One of the qualities we expect from good ...

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. There are a variety of tools that can help researchers analyze large volumes of ...

THERE have been many attempts to classify personalities. One of the first was a dissertation which appeared a generation ago, by Gelett Burgess, entitled Are You a Bromide? It divided men into what he ...