Public Health Biostatistics

The development and use of statistical methods to a broad range of biological problems constitutes biostatistics, commonly referred to as biometry. It includes the planning of biological studies, gathering and analysing the data obtained from such experiments, and interpreting the findings. A significant component of many contemporary biological theories is biostatistical modelling. Since the outset, genetic research have employed statistical ideas to interpret the findings of their experiments. Even some genetics scientists helped develop new statistical techniques and tools, which advanced the field. Mendel employed statistics to interpret the data gathered from his genetic investigations of the genetic segregation patterns in families of peas. After Mendel's work on Mendelian inheritance was rediscovered in the early 1900s, there were knowledge gaps between genetics and evolutionary theory.