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Correlational findings

Study Bachman et al. (1978): study US 1966

Public
Public highschool boys followed 8 years from grade 10, USA, 1966-74
Sample
Respondents
N = 1628
Non Response
2.8% at T1, 17.2% at T2, 21.0% at T3, 28.9% at T4, 28.5% at T5
Assessment
Multiple assesment methods
Interviews, tests and questionnaires

Correlate

Authors's Label
School mean intelligence scores
Our Classification
Operationalization
High school's mean  GATB-J score, Gates score and Quick Test score, computed from the scores of all the T1 respondents at that school.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HP-g-mq-v-5-a tau = ns                   T1 average intelligence
                  in high school
                  Quick     GATB-J    Gates
Happiness         Test                test
T1          tau = -.04      -.04      -.04
T2          tau = -.01      -.04      -.03
T3          tau = -.03      -.03      -.02
T4          tau = -.01      -.00      -.02
All tau's not significant

T1:1966, T2:1968, T3:1969, T4:1970