Diversity in Survey Questions on the Same Topic 124 These sponsors included the Scientific

These sponsors included the Scientific Affairs Division of NATO

A few papers appear here more or less as they were presented at the Congress whereas others are expansions or elaborations of the talks given at the Congress

Dabei gilt es nicht nur die aktuelle Gesetzgebung

Economic pressures to extend the lives of existing plant are becoming more intense

gleichzeitig jähzornig und labil

Diversity in Survey Questions on the Same Topic 124 These sponsors included the ScientificThis book describes why conventional methods fall short to solve the comparability problem and introduces three successive innovations to overcome these shortcomings. Comparability of results from different surveys using different items for the same topic is greatly hampered by the differences in response scales used. This reduces our accumulation of knowledge and has challenged researchers in the field of survey research for long to develop