Biostatistics (Noun)
Meaning
A branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The department of biostatistics at the university used advanced statistical models to analyze the genetic data from the large cohort study.
- The researcher's background in biostatistics helped her to design an efficient sampling strategy for the clinical trial.
- The biostatistics textbook focused on the application of statistical methods to medical and health-related research.
- The company hired a team of biostatisticians to help with the analysis of the data from their new pharmaceutical product.
- The field of biostatistics has become increasingly important in recent years due to the large amounts of data being generated by modern biological research.