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other hand, in a specific study of the influence of social networks on feelings of well-being among
the elderly a far more detailed picture of wellbeing is needed and a series of questions has to be
asked, each question measuring a specific aspect of well-being. These different approaches are
illustrated in the text boxes noted later.
Survey methodologists have given much attention to the problems of formulating the actual
questions that go into the survey questionnaire (cf. Fowler & Cosenza, Chapter 8). Problems of
question wording, questionnaire flow, question context, and choice of response categories have
been the focus of much attention. Much less attention has been directed at clarifying the problems
that occur before the first survey question is committed to paper: the process that leads from the
theoretical construct to the prototype survey item (cf. Hox, 1997). Schwarz (1997) notes that large-
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