At 03:08 PM 11/19/01 +0000, A.J. Rossini wrote: > >>>>> "BW" == Bruce Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > BW> On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, Stan Brown wrote: > > >> What _is_ "biostatistics", anyway? A student asked me, and I > >> realized I have only a vague idea. > > > BW> There was a thread on "biostatistics versus statistics" a > BW> couple years ago, I think, but I was unable to find it at > BW> google groups. Maybe someone out there saved some of it. > > >But it's much easier than that. Biostatistics is simply statistics >(design, descriptive, and inferential) applied to medical, basic >biology, and public health problems.
well, one difference in bio stat is a strong emphasis on probability sorts of problems ... _________________________________________________________ dennis roberts, educational psychology, penn state university 208 cedar, AC 8148632401, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://roberts.ed.psu.edu/users/droberts/drober~1.htm ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================
