About what population is the study intending to make inferences? (3 points)

The study is intending to make inferences about US adults.

4. Thinking about how people were recruited and data were collected in this study....

a. What is the study design? (HINT: What data is being used in the study?) (2 points)

Cross-sectional survey.

b. How do you know this? (2 points)

A cross-sectional survey is conducted at a single-point in time. The paper describes how the study conducted interviews at a single point in time through audio, by using a computer-assisted self-interview (Cheng et. al 1508). They then analyzed the data taken from this survey.

c. Identify at least 2 strengths and 2 weaknesses of this study design? (4 points)