A Brief Introduction to Biostatistics

(C. Jardin) #1

Central dogma of biostatistics:


Estimation and hypothesis testing



  • Statistical estimation

    • Estimating population parameters based on
      sample statistics

    • Application of the “Confidence interval”



  • Hypothesis testing

    • Testing certain assumptions about the population
      by using probabilities to estimate the likelihood of
      the results obtained in the sample(s) given the
      assumptions about the population

    • Application of “Test for statistical significance”



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