Examining Tools and Processes

IN THIS PART …

• Select statistical software to use from the commercial and free choices available, and discover other ways to do statistical calculations, such as using web-based programs and specialized software for sample-size calculations.
• Understand human research — how biostatistics influences the design and execution of clinical trials and how treatments are developed and approved.
• Grasp different ways of taking samples from populations to increase the accuracy of the statistical estimates you make.
• Consider different study designs used in epidemiologic research and see how research design connects to the practice of biostatistics.