To conduct a case-control study, you need to define the cases. Defining cases includes both a medical definition of “case” as well as an indication of where you would recruit study participants and how you confirm they are a case. Please describe these steps for a Zombie Case-Control study:

he following questions will lead you through how a Zombie epidemic could be studied. Both cohort and case-control study options will be explored.(You must fully respond to the 7 questions)

1) To conduct a case-control study, you need to define the cases. Defining cases includes both a medical definition of “case” as well as an indication of where you would recruit study participants and how you confirm they are a case. Please describe these steps for a Zombie Case-Control study:

2) What information would you collect on each study participant to address potential risk factors for the disease?

3) Your study yields the following Odds Ratios. Define Odds Ratio and explain which risk factor is likely related to becoming a Zombie. Is there a risk factor which may be protective of being “turned?”

4) To conduct a Cohort Study you need to define a healthy population (i.e. before they became zombies)(Hint: you can start a cohort study in the past as long as you have records to define the population). Define the cohort you would study below, including a start date. What records on campus could be consulted to provide a list of the cohort?

5) What exposures or risk factors would you study? How would you gather data (records? interviews; other sources)? Would you collect any blood samples?

6) Your study yields the following results. Define Relative Risk and interpret the findings explaining what you would report back to the Medical clinic regarding how the virus spreads.

7) The third type of Epidemiologic study is a Prevention Study. Do your data suggest any potential preventative strategy. Does anything seems to prevent being turned by a Zombie? How could you test this?

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