Strengths And Weaknesses Of Research Method

1. Identify three research method(s) used to accumulate the data which served as the basis for this article. What were the strengths and weaknesses of the research method(s)? Three research methods used to accumulate the data which served as the basis for this article are, surveys funded by the National Science Foundation, a new Time poll, and the 2012 World Happiness Report, published by the Earth Institute of Columbia University. These research methods have multiple strengths and weaknesses. “Since 1972, only about one-third of Americans have described themselves as “very happy,” according to surveys funded by the National Science Foundation.” The weakness of this survey could have a lot to do with many people being in denial about being …show more content…
Meanwhile, more than20% of us will suffer from a mood disorder at some point in our lifetimes and more than 30% from an anxiety disorder. By the time we’re 18 years old, 11% of us have been diagnosed with depression.” The strength of this research method is very strong because a lot of people lose hope in numerous things that they do daily. So, this method would be more accurate based on how people feel from day to day. People feelings change based on different situations that happen in their life daily. By including depression, anxiety, and other mental issues that can happen throughout life, this can have a large impact on life happiness. The weakness of this research would be that majority individual may not encounter these issues in life. If most do not come across any of these mental issues, then the research would not be …show more content…
Draw three conclusions that can be deduced from the graphs or charts presented in this article. Image number 1: Then and Now. Do you consider yourself an optimist or a pessimist? There is a half-filled glass of water with optimist being half filled at the bottom. One side is for 2004, starting from the bottom with 79% optimist, going to the middle with 2% it depends, and to the top with 15% pessimist. The 2013 side starts from the bottom with optimist 50%, 43% somewhere in between, and 4% pessimist. Optimistic is being hopeful and confident about the future and pessimist is tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen. More people were more confused in 2013 than 2004. There are always more people that are an optimist than a pessimist, which is very good, but as time and the years have changed, more people are not as happy as they were in 2004. For a person to be a pessimist, I believe that they are not as happy as an optimist