BLIND SPOT
BLIND SPOT
Clion, J. Blind Spot (2022) Washington DC, Gallup Press. 339 pages.
INTRODUCTION
The Gallup organizaon has thousands of interviewers all over the
world that have interacted with numerous individuals in all countries
that allow such acvity. It is a measure of feelings of depression,
anxiety and physical pain and therefore the impact of these condions
on social interacon. This fits nicely in the area of medical sociology and
social psychiatry .
DESCRIPTION AND DISCUSSION
The basic tool of gathering informaon is a picture of an 11 step ladder
that can become useful in both face to face and through electronic
communicaons. It does not have a zero point so it is not a rao scale.
However each step on the ladder is equidistant from above and below,
therefore it is an interval measure defined as a “Thurstone” scale. That
means that not all calculaons can be conducted which is a rao
measure. One cannot calculate an average, but can use a median. It
appears to be acceptable for this study.
Basically, the researcher asks respondents where on the ladder are you
now and how do you feel? Then where do you think you will be located
on the ladder in 10 years?
There are a number of side bars. Most book reviewers describe only
certain areas. By the way, “thriving” is an overall, but cauous term for
happy and “suffering “is the measure that is self explanatory. At the
me of this wring, third world countries suffer and Scandinavian
countries are the highest in terms of thriving. They are social
democrac capitalist countries with a strong mix of both private and
public health care. In plain language, the research organizaon wants to
know about the individual’s work, finance, sense of belonging in a
community, their physical health and person’s life in small groups like a
family.
CONCLUSION
There is a significant drop in most areas in the last 10 years. Gallup
uses a graph similar to economic and demographic ones to quanfy the
downward trend. This means more depression or related has
increased. If this trend connues there are some numbers that would
be able to support statements about the condion that perhaps an elite
of a country would not appreciate. Or, porons of the naon would be
able to focus their efforts on. This is an important part of the human
condion. Further, this is a worthwhile book.
Prof.Joel Snell (Ret.)
Kirkwood College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
joelsnell@hotmail.com/
BLIND SPOT
Clion, J. Blind Spot (2022) Washington DC, Gallup Press. 339 pages.
INTRODUCTION
The Gallup organizaon has thousands of interviewers all over the
world that have interacted with numerous individuals in all countries
that allow such acvity. It is a measure of feelings of depression,
anxiety and physical pain and therefore the impact of these condions
on social interacon. This fits nicely in the area of medical sociology and
social psychiatry .
DESCRIPTION AND DISCUSSION
The basic tool of gathering informaon is a picture of an 11 step ladder
that can become useful in both face to face and through electronic
communicaons. It does not have a zero point so it is not a rao scale.
However each step on the ladder is equidistant from above and below,
therefore it is an interval measure defined as a “Thurstone” scale. That
means that not all calculaons can be conducted which is a rao
measure. One cannot calculate an average, but can use a median. It
appears to be acceptable for this study.
Basically, the researcher asks respondents where on the ladder are you
now and how do you feel? Then where do you think you will be located
on the ladder in 10 years?
There are a number of side bars. Most book reviewers describe only
certain areas. By the way, “thriving” is an overall, but cauous term for
happy and “suffering “is the measure that is self explanatory. At the
me of this wring, third world countries suffer and Scandinavian
countries are the highest in terms of thriving. They are social
democrac capitalist countries with a strong mix of both private and
public health care. In plain language, the research organizaon wants to
know about the individual’s work, finance, sense of belonging in a
community, their physical health and person’s life in small groups like a
family.
CONCLUSION
There is a significant drop in most areas in the last 10 years. Gallup
uses a graph similar to economic and demographic ones to quanfy the
downward trend. This means more depression or related has
increased. If this trend connues there are some numbers that would
be able to support statements about the condion that perhaps an elite
of a country would not appreciate. Or, porons of the naon would be
able to focus their efforts on. This is an important part of the human
condion. Further, this is a worthwhile book.
Prof.Joel Snell (Ret.)
Kirkwood College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
joelsnell@hotmail.com/