Using your knowledge, intuition, and material from Week 1, answer the following.
The American National Institute of Health (NIH) has contacted you in order to address the United States’ leading health crisis. They are relying on you to provide accurate, relevant information that can be used to combat the issue.
- Identify the health issue at hand (you can use your imagination here).
- Given the issue, define 3 concepts that can be studied.
- Take 1 concept mentioned in the previous question and provide 2 – 3 dependent variables (outcomes) that can examined in a research setting. If it is something that is measured, you must provide a unit of measure (e.g. inches, pounds, meters, gallons, etc.)
- Come up with 2 independent variables that can be used to explain the dependent variable (e.g. Age affecting cancer rates).
- Using all your answers above, which type of study would work best to provide quality data that can be used to promote better health? Why?
- Case series
- Cross-sectional
- Case-control
- Cohort
- Randomized Control Trial
