CODING
Structural Codes and Thematic Codes
Quantitative Data
- Demographic questionnaire: education attainment, Occupation, Ethnicity, Gender, Religion, Birth place, Marital Status
- Psychometric Assessments of wisdom and quality of life
The Foundational Value Scale (FVS)
3-Dimentional Wisdom Scale (3D-WS)
NCHS General Well-Being Composite Scales
Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)
Qualitative Interview Data
- Personal life stories
- Ideal exemplars of wisdom (wisest person in personal life)
who is this person? What makes so wise? (why), story (what), how, effects? What do you need to do?
- Personal wisdom experiences
what were those times? How were you wise?
- Historical exemplars of wisdom (wisest person in history)
who? Why? What? How?
- Personal wisdom definition
ANALYSIS
- • Different Characteristics of Wisdom b/w groups
- • Relationship b/w wisdom nominee and personal definition
- • Interplay of life story and wonder with wisdom nominee and personal definition
- • Personal experience of wisdom
- • Difference b/w wisdom nominee in person and history
1. Different characteristics of wisdom b/w groups (top 10 vs. bottom 10)
