18 Oct The purpose of this assignment is to apply knowledge of epidemiology, statistics, and the research method to formulate a research study of interest.

Epidemiological Study

The purpose of this assignment is to apply knowledge of epidemiology, statistics, and the research method to formulate a research study of interest. This includes improving your literature review, considering other study methods, and examining ethics and limitations associated with your study

Course Outcomes

This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

CO2: Apply advanced quantitative biostatistical procedures and qualitative biostatistical procedures to relevant public health data sets to identify associations between causative factors and outcomes.

CO3: Explain the impact of proposed, ongoing and/or completed epidemiological studies on current public health programs and initiatives.

CO4: Analyze epidemiological methods and the use of qualitative and quantitative statistical methods in relation to current public health trends.

CO6: Evaluate how ethics, economics and science impact epidemiology’s role in public health policy development.

CO9: Develop an epidemiological study using the correct qualitative or quantitative study design as well as corresponding statistical analysis.

Requirements

The Epidemiological Study will be graded on quality of self-assessment, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric.

Create your product using Microsoft Word, which is the required format for this assignment.

Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about this paper may be posted in the Q&A Forum.

The length of this assignment is to be no less than 3 and no greater than 6 pages, excluding title and reference pages.

APA format is required with both a title page and reference page (no abstract is required). Use the required components of the review as Level 1 headers (upper and lower case, centered)

Note: Introduction – Write an introduction but do not use “Introduction” as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

Preparing the Assignment

This week you will continue to work on your project that that you began in MPH515. The project is a research proposal. Please make sure to incorporate any feedback that you received in your initial submissions.

For this assignment, you will concentrate on improving your literature review by providing at least 20 peer reviewed articles and start to think about ethical considerations and bias.

You will also look at your question using a different method. For instance, if you are looking at your topic qualitatively, for this paper you will look at it quantitatively.

Finally, you will list the limitations of both qualitative and quantitative studies and provide support for the method that best fits your research question.