Description

Contents

1. Introduction to Biostatistics
2. Scope of Biostatistics
3. Concepts of Biostatistics
4. Data
5. Collection of Data
6. Methods of Data Collection
7. Statistical Investigation
8. Collection of Data by Direct Personal Investigation
9. Collection of Data by Indirect Oral Investigation
10. Collection of Data by Information Through Correspondence
11. Collection of Data Through Questionnaire Method
12. Data Collection Through Experiments
13. Census
14. Sampling
15. Sampling Methods
16. Processing of Data
17. Interpretation of Data
18. Classification of Data
19. Tabulation of Data
20. Methods of Classification of Data
21. Frequency Distribution
22. Variables
23. Diagrammatic Presentation of Data
24. Line Diagram
25. Bar Diagram
26. Pie Diagram
27. Pictogram and Cartogram
28. Graphic Presentation of Data
29. Graphs of Time Series (Line Graphs)
30. Graphs of Frequency Distribution
31. Histogram
32. Frequency Polygon
33. Frequency Curve
34. Ogive Curve (Cumulative Frequency Curve)
35. Graphic Location of Mode
36. Graphic Location of Median Using Frequency Curves and Ogive
37. Measures of Central Tendency (Averages)
38. Mean
39. Calculation of Mean for Individual Observation
40. Calculation of Mean for Discrete Series
41. Calculation of Mean for Continuous Series
42. Correcting Incorrect Mean (Misread items)
43. Combined Arithmetic Mean
44. To Find out an Unknown Value using Mean
45. Median
46. Calculation of Median for Individual Series
47. Calculation of Median for Discrete Series
48. Calculation of Median for Continuous Series
49. Graphic Location of Median by Ogive
50. Mode
51. Calculation of Mode for Individual Observation
52. Calculation of Mode for Discrete Series
53. Calculation of Mode for Continuous Series
54. Graphic Location of Mode
55. Measures of Dispersion
56. Range
57. Standard Deviation
58. Calculation of Standard Deviation for Individual Observation
59. Calculation of Standard Deviation for Discrete Series
60. Calculation of Standard Deviation for Continuous Series
61. Easy way to Remember the Formulae for Standard Deviation
62. Variance,63. Standard Error
64. Coefficient of Variation
65. Graphic Method of Dispersion (Lorenz Curve)
66. Correlation Analysis
67. Methods of Studying Correlation
68. Graphic Methods of Studying Correlation
69.Mathematical Methods of Studying Correlation
70. Regression Analysis
71. Comparison of Correlation and Regression
72. Methods of Studying Regression
73. Regression Lines
74. Regression Equations
75. Probability
76. Basic Concepts of Probability
77. Kinds of Probability
78. Measures of Probability
79. Theorems of Probability
80. Permutations and Combinations
81. Problems on Probability
82. Theoretical Distributions
83. Binomial Distributions
84. Poisson Distributions
85. Normal Distributions (Continuous Probability Distribution)
86. Testing of Hypothesis and Tests of Significance
87. Null Hypothesis
88. Tests of Significance for Large Samples
89. Tests of Significance for Small Samples
90. Student’s ‘t’ Test
91. Chi-Square Test
92. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
93. Tables
94. Glossary
95. Index