Open Journal of Psychiatry and Allied Sciences (Jan 2016)

Epidemiology and biostatistics: fundamentals of research methodology

  • Dhrubajyoti Bhuyan,
  • Neha Dua,
  • Tejal Kothari

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5958/2394-2061.2015.00022.1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 87 – 93

Abstract

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Epidemiology and statistics is an essential modern science whose understanding now forms a base of any research in any form. Epidemiology deals with the distribution and determinants of health-related states, while biostatistics is considered to be important in implementing statistical knowledge into the biomedical sciences. We have tried to capture the basics and essence of epidemiology and biostatistics.

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