People Value Calculator
The reasoning and logic behind the design of this value calculator is based on previous research about “The Worth of an Individual" conducted. This research attempted to learn about the factors that the average person in society considers when measuring the worth of a person.
This research collected many answers from the general public about factors that they might think about when measuring the worth of a person, which according to similarities were later divided into nine different categories. The categories included “personal qualities”, “ethics”, “wealth”, “societal contributions”, “social relations”, “public image”, “ability”, “education”, and “actions”.
The "personal qualities" category deals with positive personal traits like patience, kindness, being a good communicator, etc.
The "ethics" category deals with the ethics of a person’s beliefs, thoughts, and intentions.
The "wealth" category deals with how much wealth a person has like money, house, car, etc.
The "societal contributions" category deals with positive contributions to society like cleaning garbage, taking care of the elderly, volunteering at a homeless shelter, etc.
The "social relations" category deals with how good a person is with creating and maintaining positive interpersonal connections.
The "public image" category deals with the positivity of the image that a person has or enjoys in society.
The "ability" category deals with a person’s level of skill in their main area of expertise.
The "education" category deals with educational qualifications.
The "behavior" category deals with if a person behaves in socially desired ways, like being polite, following rules and laws, treating others respectfully, etc.
In this “People Value Calculator”, these categories are given different weights, calculated according to: (Number of instances of answers of this category from research results) / (Total answers) * (The score given to the individual in this category)
There were 82 total answers from the original research, with the number of instances of answers from each category being 19, 14, 10, 10, 9, 8, 5, 4, 3. Therefore, the weighting of the given score for the “wealth” factor would account for 12.195% of the total judgment for the measurement of an individual (10/82).