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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">At the
Erasmus University Rotterdam we have developed some new methods to improve the
comparability of survey results for questions on the same topic from different
surveys. These methods are applicable in all fields of survey research asking
questions about perceptions and opinions, for example in the field of wellbeing,
health or political attitued. An example of the application of these methods
for which we made use of the time series on happiness and life satisfaction from
the Eurobarometer can be found in our open access paper “Pooling Time Series
Based on Slightly Different Questions About the Same Topic Forty Years of
Survey Research on Happiness and Life Satisfaction in The Netherlands” (<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11205-015-0898-5">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11205-015-0898-5</a>).<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">To explain
how these methods work, we are organizing a webinar that will take place in October
and November this year. If you are interested, you can find more  information about the webinar at:<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.eur.nl/english/ehero/events/webinar_scale_homogenization/">https://www.eur.nl/english/ehero/events/webinar_scale_homogenization/</a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Kind regards,<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organization (EHERO)<span></span></span></p>

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