Problem: You are a researcher who is interested in the association of heavy drinking and dying at an early age. Describe how you and your team would conduct a study. In your response be sure to address the following:
- What is the study design and why?
- Who is your population of interest?
- Who does your sample consist of?
- What is the outcome variable of interest? Define what the outcome variable is and how it will be measured.
- What are the key variables? Define each of the key variables and how they will be measured.
- What are the confounding variables?
- What are the sources of potential bias?
- What is your approach to data collection?
- What are the limitations?