For this assignment, your task is to design a research study that investigates a health issue of interest to you. You will need to select a topic and then narrow it down so you can focus your study on one particular element. After you have finalized this and prepared your hypothesis, you will need to decide on a research method.

You will present your assignment in the following format and with these section headings:
• Problem Statement (2-4 paragraphs explaining the importance of this study to the reader; be sure to cite your sources).
• Hypothesis (what do you believe the study will find)
• Method (what method you selected)
• Population (who will participate in this study and how will you recruit them)
• Informed consent (how will you ensure participants are aware of what is being asked of them in the study) You may find the link from the Social Psychology Network helpful (under Books & Resources)
After you have presented your research design, also share your thoughts on the following questions:
• What might be the advantages of doing a qualitative or quantitative study to investigate this health behavior?
• Could an experimental study be done on this question? Why/why not?
• If you wanted to do a correlational study, what might be some of the variables you would hypothesize might correlate with your topic? Why?
• How would you design a longitudinal study on this question? How easy/difficult would this be to do? Why? What kinds of information could you get from a longitudinal study that you could not get from other methods?
• How would you design an intervention study in this area? Would it be appropriate to have a control group? Why or why not?

Two academic articles as sources and textbook Chapter 1 and 2 (Ragin, D. (2011). Health psychology: An interdisciplinary approach. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson).

Length: 5 to 7 pages

For this assignment, your task is to design a research study that i...