Biostats Overview
Biostatistics is the application of statistical methods to
biological and medical research. It involves the design of
experiments, the collection and analysis of data, and the
interpretation of results. Here are some key concepts:
Types of Data 📊
Quantitative (Numerical) Data
oContinuous (e.g., height, weight, blood pressure)
oDiscrete (e.g., number of patients, mutations in a
gene)
Qualitative (Categorical) Data
oNominal (e.g., blood type, gender)
oOrdinal (e.g., cancer stage, pain severity:
mild/moderate/severe)
Descriptive Statistics: Descriptive statistics summarize
and describe the main features of a dataset. Examples
include measures of central tendency (mean, median,
mode) and measures of dispersion (range, standard
deviation).
Measures of Dispersion (How spread out is the data?) Range, Variance, Standard
Deviation, Interquartile Range (IQR)
