biostatistics
Health data analysis
Biostatistics is the application of statistical methods to biological and medical research.
The field deals with designing studies, analyzing data, and drawing conclusions about health, disease, and treatment outcomes: The biostatistics showed the drug reduced mortality by twelve percent.
Biostatisticians work in pharmaceutical companies, public health agencies, and academic research.
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- t-testHypothesis check for averages
- chi-squareStatistic for categorical data
- nonparametricStatistics assuming no distribution
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
covariance · bootstrap · resampling · likelihood · factorial · meta-analysis · time-series
Probability under null hypothesis
- prevalenceState of being widespread
- morbidityDisease occurrence rate
- z-scoreStandardized deviation measure
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
Eighteenth alphabet symbol
Introducing chance systematically
- cohortGroup sharing circumstances
- cross-sectionalCut through perpendicularly
- longitudinalAlong the longer dimension
- oversamplingSampling above required frequency
Introducing chance systematically
- placebo-controlledTested against inactive substance
- double-blindNeither tester nor tested knows
- efficacyAbility to produce results
- safetyFreedom from harm
dose-response · pharmacokinetics · endpoint · biomarker · stratification
Sudden eruption of trouble
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- endemicNative to one area
- transmissionSending of information
regression
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- t-testHypothesis check for averages
- chi-squareStatistic for categorical data
- nonparametricStatistics assuming no distribution
correlation · covariance · bootstrap · resampling · likelihood · factorial · meta-analysis · time-series
p-value
Probability under null hypothesis
- prevalenceState of being widespread
- morbidityDisease occurrence rate
- z-scoreStandardized deviation measure
R
Eighteenth alphabet symbol
randomization
Introducing chance systematically
- cohortGroup sharing circumstances
- cross-sectionalCut through perpendicularly
- longitudinalAlong the longer dimension
randomization
Introducing chance systematically
- placebo-controlledTested against inactive substance
- double-blindNeither tester nor tested knows
- efficacyAbility to produce results
safety · dose-response · pharmacokinetics · endpoint · biomarker · stratification
outbreak
Sudden eruption of trouble
heritability
Genetic share of variation
- admixtureAdded minor component
- academic fieldsmathematics, chemistry, physics, history, philosophy
- Biomedicineanatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, immunology
- public healthdisease prevention, immunization, disease control, health education, epidemiology
- applied mathlinear programming, differential equations, statistical methods, probability, calculus
- fieldworkfieldwork, field work, field journal, field guide, field study
- quantitative sciencesmathematics, probability, calculus, algebra, geometry
biostatisticsethnography
Systematic study of peoples
phenomenology · hermeneutics · case study method · anecdotal evidence
biostatisticsphilosophy
Study of fundamental truths
metaphysics · theology · anecdote · intuition · folk wisdom