Biostatics introduction history and application

Lecture slides for Biostatics course by Muteeullah Channa

2. Learning outcomes:
Introduction to Biostatistics
History of Biostatistics
Applications of Biostatistics
Muteeullah Channa

3. Definition of Biostatistics
Biostatisticscanbedefinedas
thedevelopmentandapplicationof
statisticstothesolutionofbiological
problems.

4. History of Biostatistics
FrancisGaltoniscalledasthe‘Fatherof
Biostatistics’.
•Hecreatedthestatisticalconcept‘correlation’.
•Thefirsttimeusedstatisticaltooltostudy
differencesamonghumanpopulation.
•Inventedtheuseofquestionnairesand
surveysforcollectiondatahuman
communities.

5. Applications of Biostatistics
Biostatistics is useful in the field of Science in many ways like:
In Physiology and Anatomy
•Tofindortodeterminethenormalityandabnormalityof
variables(suchashealth,eightorheight)oftargeted
population.
•Itisalsousetofindoutthemeandifferencesofsame
variableofdifferentplaces,timeorperiodoccurdueto
externalorinternalfactor.ForE.g.tofindingoutmean
differenceofagesorweightinKarachiandLahoreoccur
duetoexternalorinternalfactor.
•Itisalsoapplicableindeterminingrelationshipbetween
2ormorevariables
•suchasweightandheight.

6. In Pharmacology
•InPharmacology,itisusetodeterminethe
effectoractionofdruggiventoeithera
personorananimal.
•Itisalsousetodeterminethecomparison
betweentheeffects,resultoractionof2or
moredrugeitherbetweennewoneand
olderone.

7. In Medical
•Itisalsousetodeterminetheefficiencyofdrug(s)
inparticularordifferentsituationslikein
treatments,emergenciesoroperations.
•Itisalsousetofindassociationbetween2ormore
attributessuchasTBandSmoking.
•Itisalsousetofindoutassociationofonedisease
withanother.
•Itisalsoappliedtodeterminetheusefulnessorun-
usefulnessofaparticulardruginaparticulartime,
placeorperiod.
•Itisalsohelpindeterminingtooptbestpossible
treatmentamongallforadisease.
•Ithelpstoidentifysignsandsymptomsofadisease
orsyndrome.

8. THE END
Thank You…..!!

9. ANY QUESTION?