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The Likert scaled job satisfaction variable was dichotomized into Satisfied (very satisfied or satisfied) and Dissatisfied (neutral, dissatisfied or very dissatisfied).
(This variable we named "overall") The four point answer scale was dichotomized into satisfied ('very satisfied' and 'satisfied') and unsatisfied responses('dissatisfied' and 'very dissatisfied').
We, therefore, combined "Very Satisfied" and "Satisfied" into "Satisfied".
The usage of the division of LiSat-11 into satisfied and not satisfied can be questioned.
Our study differs from many in that it has a large sample size and measures satisfaction using a single item that was dichotomized into satisfied versus not satisfied.
General satisfaction with life was rated on a seven point Likert-scale from one ('very satisfied') to seven ('very dissatisfied') and in the analyses dichotomised into "satisfied" (1-3) andissatisfiedied" (4-7).
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For this reason, these items were transformed into binary outcomes, split into "very satisfied" or "satisfied" versus "neutral", "dissatisfied" or "very dissatisfied" and "very useful" or "useful" versus "neutral", "unhelpful" or "very unhelpful".
It's the sort of simple paradox that the Rev Steve Chalke, head of the Christian charity and academy sponsor Oasis Trust, rather specialises in, and his tanned and handsome face breaks into a satisfied smile.
It may be the elderly ex-teacher, socially isolated and falling into depression, who finds she can teach English to a migrant group in return for assistance with the garden or the shopkeeper who turns the person with dementia into a satisfied customer by offering a helping hand.
Ms. Maye, that ageless eternal optimist, turned the rueful "When the World Was Young (Ah, the Apple Trees)" into a satisfied summation and transformed "Is That All There Is?," a confession of lifelong ennui and disappointment, into a hearty sigh of contentment.
After weeks of bland Mongolian food, I nearly swooned at the mammoth leg of cardomom-scented lamb marinated in rum and baked in a tandoori oven, served alongside baingan bharta (mashed eggplant, tomatoes and onions spiced with chiles and coriander), then sank into a satisfied stupor amid the larch logs and curtains that make each table its own secluded hideaway.
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