Stat Corner Biostatistics - I: Introduction, role & applications in medicine

Authors

  • Tariq Zaman
  • Abbas Raza

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.66344/jpad.14.3.2004.810

Abstract

Understanding the fundamentals of biostatistics is essential for every clinician in orderto plan a scientific study and interpret its results . Unfortunately, this area had beenneglected at the level of undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in country.The terms like X2 test, student t test, p value, sensitivity, specificity etc. are very scaryfor clinicians and while going through a medical journal , the pages describing thestatistical methods are generally skipped. As a part of CME activity for its readers,JPAD has started a series of articles covering this dry and boring topic. The authorshave simplified the subject in a reader-friendly manner so that it is easy to comprehendand assimilate. (Editor).

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2017-01-03

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Zaman T, Raza A. Stat Corner Biostatistics - I: Introduction, role & applications in medicine. J Pak Assoc Dermatol [Internet]. 2017Jan.3 [cited 2026May3];14(3):148-52. Available from: https://www.jpad.com.pk/index.php/jpad/article/view/810

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Vol. 14 No. 3 (2004): July - September

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