Author: Kimberly Liang

  • Novel Quantitative Model of Happiness: Reality Less Expectations

    By

    Kimberly Liang

    This paper presents a quantitative model for understanding happiness, hypothesizing that happiness is a function of the difference between reality and expectations. Using two surveys, 84 participants reported their expected and actual IQ percentiles alongside their happiness levels before and…

  • Elevated Self-Rated Intellectual Ability Among Biological Parents of Autistic Individuals

    By

    Sophia Dong

    ,

    Casey Liu

    ,

    David Wang

    ,

    Alice Shu

    ,

    Evan Wei

    ,

    Rita Mei

    ,

    Kimberly Liang

    ,

    Zimo Chen

    ,

    Jocasta Xie

    ,

    Angelina Yu

    ,

    Alex Chen

    ,

    Evelyn Kung

    ,

    Lily Zhang

    ,

    Selina Zhang

    ,

    Linda Li

    ,

    Ashley Zhang

    and

    Frankie Ye

    We conducted an online survey asking biological parents of autistic individuals to self-assess their intellectual ability by ranking themselves in one of five quintiles: 1st-20th percentile, 21st-40th percentile, 41st-60th percentile, 61st-80th percentile, and 81st-100th percentile. A flyer containing a QR…