EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Using the tools of statistics, biostatisticians help answer pressing research questions in medicine, biology and public health, such as whether a new drug works, what causes cancer and other diseases, and how long a person with a certain illness is likely to survive.

Detailed explanation-2: -For example, a biostatistician might study birth defects caused by selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Biostatisticians could test how exercise correlates to hypokinetic diseases. A biostatistician may investigate the harm of environmental air pollution on people’s lungs.

Detailed explanation-3: -The science of collecting and analyzing biologic or health data using statistical methods. Biostatistics may be used to help learn the possible causes of a cancer or how often a cancer occurs in a certain group of people. Also called biometrics and biometry.

Detailed explanation-4: -Biostatistics is the application of statistical techniques to scientific research in health-related fields, including medicine, biology, and public health, and the development of new tools to study these areas.