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Biostatistics is a branch of statistics that applies statistical methods to medical and biological problems. It is of essential importance in the successful conduct of clinical and translational studies. An understanding of biostatistics enables the critical analysis of scholarly articles and their proper assimilation into one’s own practice. In this section, we provide an introduction to biostatistics and cover the essentials of descriptive and inferential statistics including estimation and hypothesis testing. In addition, we discuss major types of study designs and the importance of sensitivity and specificity, measures of absolute and relative risk, common errors, and sources of bias in scientific studies.
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Rahbar, E., Desai, S.S., Mowatt-Larssen, E., Rahbar, M.H. (2014). Biostatistics. In: Mowatt-Larssen, E., Desai, S., Dua, A., Shortell, C. (eds) Phlebology, Vein Surgery and Ultrasonography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01812-6_25
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