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## Week 4 Assignment: Mortality Statistics for Fictitious County

[u04a1] Week 4 Assignment: Mortality Statistics for Fictitious County

Due: Sun Feb 8, 2026 11:59pm

Ungraded, 200 Possible Points200 Points Possible

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### Overview

Understanding and applying epidemiological study designs is a crucial skill with significant real-world implications for public health practice. The ability to select and implement the right design can lead to breakthroughs in disease prevention and control, ultimately improving public health outcomes. This assignment is a stepping stone towards making such impactful contributions in your future career in epidemiology and public health.

### Instructions

For this assignment, you will be writing a paper in which you will select an epidemiology topic and develop a research question that you would like to answer related to that topic. You will also select and summarize the key aspects of one of the study designs that have been covered in class over the last two weeks and explain how you could answer your research question using your chosen study design. Ensure that you reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of your chosen study design within the context of your topic, research question, and other potential study designs.

Your paper will be assessed on the following:

– Identify an epidemiology topic of interest.
– Why does this topic interest you?
– Create a research question for a chosen epidemiology topic.
– Is your research question S.M.A.R.T. (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound)?
– Summarize the key aspects of a chosen research study design.
– How is the chosen study design relevant to the field of epidemiology?
– Explain how the chosen study design could help answer the research question.
– What other examples from scholarly sources show a similar research question being answered with your chosen study design?
– Reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of the chosen study design within the context of your topic and research question.
– How do these advantages and disadvantages compare to at least one other study design?

Additionally, your submission will be assessed on:

– Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.

### Additional Requirements

– **Written communication:** Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
– **APA formatting:** Resources and citations are formatted according to APA style and formatting. See [Evidence and APALinks to an external site.](https://lat.strategiced.com/redirect?linkid=1540).
– **Length of paper:** 3–5 typed double-spaced pages, not including required cover sheet and reference page. No abstract required.
– **Font and font size:** Times New Roman, 12 point.