Assignment task: Need assistance with the following:
1. Study Design: Assess the aspects of the study design for each of the three studies selected.
A. Identify the types of designs for the chosen studies
- Explain how you know which study design is being used. Do not just report that the article refers to a particular study design being used.
B. Determine what the strengths and weaknesses of each study design are.
2. Critique the Study: Specify at least two potential sources of bias and two potential sources of confounding in each of the three studies. For each study, also describe any methods that were used to control for confounding either in the design of the study or in the analysis that was performed.