Nowadays it may be less about social mobility and more about desirability".
The proposed rule "appears to be more about desirability rather than reliability or feasibility," he said, "with little regard for rising consumer prices, the effects on jobs, and the impact on the reliability of our electric grid".
This enhances the explanatory and predictive significance of happiness, and more importantly its desirability: happiness on this view is not merely pleasant, but a major source of pleasure and other good outcomes (Fredrickson 2004, Lyubomirsky, King et al. 2005).
A further strength is the high quality anthropometric, body fat, and physical activity measurements and validated questionnaires; the dietary measure was more open to desirability bias, possibly accounting for it being the only measure to show a weak benefit.
First, all questionnaire data were based on self-reporting; study participants may have provided responses based more on social desirability to please the interviewers than actual experiences, especially experiences involving sensitive questions.
While the authors have acknowledged the short duration and sample size issues, there could be more discussion of desirability bias in self-reporting and 'healthy-worker' effects, the latter of which almost certainly will have diminished their scope for demonstrating improvements.
In addition, self-reported data on condom use by FSWs may be influenced more by social desirability bias in second round of IBBA as they could have been aware of the expectation of increased condom use and hence could have over-reported it.
Negotiating the tension between "rational" policy choices and "irrational" preferences and anxieties — between the desirability of more productivity and the desire to preserve a way of life — is what democratic politics is all about.
"Calpers and other large purchasers warn that the requirement itself would cast doubt on the safety and desirability of more cost-effective alternatives to biologics".
The first of our serious arguments (none of which did permanent damage to our friendship) began about the proportion of national income that should be devoted to public expenditure, and ended with a passionate disagreement about the desirability of "more equality" as distinct from "less inequality".
Modern consumers truly care more about exclusivity and desirability.
