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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">We are pleased to invite you to an upcoming webinar hosted by the Wise Judgment Consortium, focused on best practices for cross-cultural research: <i>Developing, Translating, and
Testing Tools for Cross-Cultural Research</i>. This free two-day event is open to all interested faculty, researchers, and students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b>Event Details:</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b>Dates:</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"> October 23-24, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b>Time:</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"> 9:00 AM (Day 1)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b>Speaker:</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"> Dorothée Behr, Head of Team Cross-Cultural Survey Methods, GESIS
– Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b>RSVP:</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"> Please register via Eventbrite </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/developing-translating-and-testing-tools-for-cross-cultural-research-tickets-1042318431487?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">Developing,
translating, and testing tools for cross-cultural research Tickets, Wed, 23 Oct 2024 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite</span><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b>Workshop Overview: <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">Day 1 (October 23) will introduce key concepts in cross-cultural research, such as "equivalence" and "bias." Participants will learn about cognitive interviewing and other methods
for pretesting and evaluating questionnaire items across diverse languages and cultures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">Day 2 (October 24) will focus on the best practices for translating and assessing questionnaires, identifying potential sources of error, and ensuring high data quality. There will
also be opportunities to discuss participants' individual research projects and challenges.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">This workshop is ideal for anyone engaged in cross-cultural or multilingual research, providing practical, interactive insights that can be applied directly to your work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b>About the Wise Judgment Consortium: </b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">The Wise Judgment Consortium is an international initiative dedicated
to advancing research on human judgment and decision-making across diverse cultural contexts. Our network fosters collaboration and provides members with access to a wide range of resources, including webinars, culturally diverse datasets, and opportunities
for networking and collaborative research. We are particularly focused on decolonizing cognitive sciences and promoting a global understanding of wise judgment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">If you are interested in participating in this webinar or learning more about the Wise Judgment Consortium, we encourage you to join us!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">We look forward to seeing many of you at the event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig">Igor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Igor Grossmann, Ph.D.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">| <a href="https://www.igorgrossmann.com" target="_new">
<span style="color:blue">IgorGrossmann.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Professor of Psychology | University of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Director, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/wisdom-and-culture-lab/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Wisdom
and Culture Laboratory</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Founder,
<a href="https://worldaftercovid.info/" target="_new"><span style="color:blue">World After COVID</span></a> |
<a href="https://futurescape.uwaterloo.ca/" target="_new"><span style="color:blue">Futurescape</span></a> |
<a href="https://wiseminds.uwaterloo.ca/" target="_new"><span style="color:blue">Wise Judgment Consortium</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Editor, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/hpli20" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Psychological
Inquiry</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br>
Co-host, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://onwisdompodcast.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">On Wisdom Podcast</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Member,
<a href="https://rsc-src.ca/en/fellows-members/college-members"><span style="color:blue">College of the Royal Society of Canada</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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