Final Assignment

This assignment will center on an unsettled question or debate relevant to the epidemiology of aging – and ideally to the student’s own research interests. This assignment will require writing five single-spaced pages that describe the unsettled question or debate with a brief summary of existing literature, the competing theoretical perspectives, the core methodological issues that have precluded a clear answer to the question (with a focus on selection bias and/or measurement error as relevant to your study), and the ideal study or set of studies that would be required to settle the debate, argument, or unsettled question in the epidemiology of aging. Use standard 8.5"x11" pages with 1-inch margins and an 11- or 12-point standard font. Adhere to length limits; the instructor will not read beyond the length specified. Due at 8:45am on March 19th