tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38545607.post1727595111176213744..comments2024-03-09T10:26:48.789+00:00Comments on economics, psychology, policy: Every day is SaturdayEmma Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11466193733741012673noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38545607.post-31585195579810885632009-11-12T20:05:49.032+00:002009-11-12T20:05:49.032+00:00Scientific proof that the Boomtown Rats were right...Scientific proof that the Boomtown Rats were right all alongKevin Dennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891633553910348880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38545607.post-48013098459085115752009-11-12T11:28:32.479+00:002009-11-12T11:28:32.479+00:00It's amazing that saturday is worse than frida...It's amazing that saturday is worse than friday, anticipation of the pleasure of shopping outweighs actual shopping?!Michael99https://www.blogger.com/profile/18218444900545461083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38545607.post-64452192200580469682009-11-11T20:03:20.256+00:002009-11-11T20:03:20.256+00:00that's very close to gerards.that's very close to gerards.Liam Delaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905424104233324535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38545607.post-62929373241570049712009-11-11T18:44:53.160+00:002009-11-11T18:44:53.160+00:00Misery as indexed by the percentage of time when n...Misery as indexed by the percentage of time when negative emotions outweight positive in a large sample are (Krueger et al., 2009):<br /><br />Monday 21.7%<br />Tuesday 19.0<br />Wednesday 20.9<br />Thursday 20.1<br />Friday 16.8<br />Saturday 17.7<br />Sunday 13.7Michael99https://www.blogger.com/profile/18218444900545461083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38545607.post-83420736189192395352009-11-11T08:34:35.787+00:002009-11-11T08:34:35.787+00:00Yes, maybe if you have controls for all the fun st...Yes, maybe if you have controls for all the fun stuff you do at weekends then you might get that perverse result. Careful with that covariate, Eugene.Kevin Dennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891633553910348880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38545607.post-51630430411871153572009-11-10T22:04:19.194+00:002009-11-10T22:04:19.194+00:00i would have guessed Saturday but i certainly woul...i would have guessed Saturday but i certainly would have thought Sunday would be up in top three at least. I cant believe least happy. Most happy is plausible and what Gerard found in his work but least happy must be an artefact of some kind. Maybe a regression with a lot of controls?Liam Delaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905424104233324535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38545607.post-35520137636290830522009-11-10T21:55:19.730+00:002009-11-10T21:55:19.730+00:00Funnily enough, I was at a PhD defence today in Pa...Funnily enough, I was at a PhD defence today in Paris. One of the results that the examiner was surpised about was that Sunday, apparently, was the least happy day of the week. Could it be because its the day before Monday?If you know what I mean.Kevin Dennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891633553910348880noreply@blogger.com