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To Weight or not to Weight: The Role of Domain Importance in Quality of Life Measurement

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  • Chang-ming Hsieh, 2004. "To Weight or not to Weight: The Role of Domain Importance in Quality of Life Measurement," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 68(2), pages 163-174, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:68:y:2004:i:2:p:163-174
    DOI: 10.1023/B:SOCI.0000025591.82518.ab
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    1. Anette Scherpenzeel & Willem Saris, 1996. "Causal direction in a model of life satisfaction: The top-down/bottom-up controversy," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 38(2), pages 161-180, June.
    2. Arne Mastekaasa, 1984. "Multiplicative and additive models of job and life satisfaction," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 14(2), pages 141-163, February.
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    4. Robert Cummins, 1996. "The domains of life satisfaction: An attempt to order chaos," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 38(3), pages 303-328, January.
    5. Chang-ming Hsieh, 2003. "Counting Importance: The Case of Life Satisfaction and Relative Domain Importance," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 61(2), pages 227-240, February.
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