>>>>> "DR" == Dennis Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
DR> At 03:08 PM 11/19/01 +0000, A.J. Rossini wrote:
>> >>>>> "BW" == Bruce Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> writes:
>>
BW> On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, Stan Brown wrote:
>> >> What _is_ "biostatistics", anyway? A student asked me, and I
>> >> realized I have only a vague idea.
>>
>>
BW> There was a thread on "biostatistics versus statistics" a
BW> couple years ago, I think, but I was unable to find it at
BW> google groups. Maybe someone out there saved some of it.
>>
>>
>> But it's much easier than that. Biostatistics is simply
>> statistics (design, descriptive, and inferential) applied to
>> medical, basic biology, and public health problems.
DR> well, one difference in bio stat is a strong emphasis on
DR> probability sorts of problems ...
Hah! So you think...
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