Contradiction and paradox in the world happiness report, an objective look
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https://doi.org/10.26423/rctu.v2i1.35Keywords:
Happiness, suicide rate, linear correlation, world report,, country rankingAbstract
This work shows an analysis who proposes an inverse linear model by simple correlation. It uses the variables: country ranking of happiness; publish in the World Happiness Report of the United Nations, and the country suicide rate, published by the World Health Organization. This study tries to probe the usefulness of the happiness ranking, and if it´s a good reference about the emotional situation of the nations.
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