Definition of Biostatistics

1. Noun. A branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis.

Exact synonyms: Biometrics, Biometry
Generic synonyms: Statistics, Bioscience, Life Science

Definition of Biostatistics

1. n. Vital statistics.

Definition of Biostatistics

1. Noun. (biology mathematics) The application of statistics to the study and analysis of biological and medical data ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Biostatistics

1. [n]

Medical Definition of Biostatistics

1. The use of statistics to analyse biological data. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Biostatistics

biospherean
biosphereans
biospheres
biospherian
biospherians
biospheric
biostabiliser
biostasis
biostat
biostatic
biostatics
biostatistical
biostatistically
biostatistician
biostatisticians
biostatistics (current term)
biostimulant
biostimulation
biostimulations
biostratigraphic
biostratigraphical
biostratigraphically
biostratigraphy
biostrome
biostromes
biostudies
biosurfactant
biosurgery
biosurveillance
bioswale

Literary usage of Biostatistics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Selected Proceedings of the Symposium on Estimating Functions by Ishwar V. Basawa, Robert Lee Taylor, V. P. Godambe (1997)
"Institute of Mathematical Statistics LECTURE NOTES — MONOGRAPH SERIES SECTION 5: APPLICATIONS TO TIME SERIES, biostatistics AND STOCHASTIC PROCESSES On the ..."

2. The Future of Drug Safety: Promoting and Protecting the Health of the Public by Alina Baciu, Kathleen R. Stratton, Sheila P. Burke (2007)
"Previously, Dr. Ellenberg was director of the Office of biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Center for Biologies Evaluation and Research of the Food and ..."

3. A Risk Reduction Strategy for Human Exploration of Space: A Review of NASA's by David E. Longnecker, Ricardo A. Molins (2006)
"THOMAS TEN HAVE, Ph.D., is professor of biostatistics with training in biostatistics at the University of Michigan (BA in statistics, MPH and Ph.D. in ..."

4. Risk Assessment for Neurobehavioral Toxicity edited by Bernard Weiss, Jurg Elsner (1997)
"... biostatistics in Human Cancer; Structure-Activity1 1991 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 1992 97 98 1993 99 Risk Factors and Mechanisms in ..."

5. Statistics and Science: A Festschrift for Terry Speed by Darlene Renee Goldstein, Terry Speed (2003)
"I am privileged to have his attention as friend, colleague, and advisor. - Rudy Guerra Rudy Guerra, Program in biostatistics, Department of Statistics, ..."

6. Crossing Boundaries: Statistical Essays in Honor of Jack Hall by William Jackson Hall, John Edward Kolassa, David Oakes (2003)
"Technical report, Department of biostatistics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 2001. [10] WJ Hall. Sequential minimum probability ratio tests. ..."

7. The Smallpox Vaccination Program: Public Health in an Age of Terrorism by Alina Baciu (2005)
"Robert Woolson is Professor of biostatistics and epidemiology at the Medical University of South Carolina as well as Professor Emeritus of biostatistics at ..."

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