In: Statistics and Probability
Suppose that you have been hired by the UF student
health services department to design a...
Suppose that you have been hired by the UF student
health services department to design a cohort study to assess the
following hypothesis among UF students: Irregular sleep
patterns increase the risk of headaches.
please note key word is "DESIGN A COHORT STUDY" not
a case control study. chegg answered the same question but for
case-control design. i need help for the cohort study though same
questions
Be sure that your design addresses the following elements:
- Refine the study hypothesis so that it is as specific as
possible and contains all elements of a “good” hypothesis.
- How will you identify and define the cases?
- Are there any exclusion criteria that you would apply?
- How will you sample from the underlying population for your
“controls”?
- Who will you select as controls?
- How will you select them?
- How will you define the exposure of interest?
- How will you collect the information on exposure?
- What other information do you want to know about participants
that may be related to the exposure of interest and/or the outcome
(potential confounders)? Of these, what will you be able to collect
and what will you be unable to collect?
- Which measures of disease frequency and association will you
calculate?
- What are the strengths and limitations of your study?
- Which limitations could be removed by using a different study
design?
- What other information would you like to know to design this
study?