1. Definition 2. Biostatistics 3. Need of Biostatistics 4. Aim of this Book 5. Exercise
2. Statistical Terms and Symbols
1. Statistical Terms - 1. Parameter and statistics 2. Population 3. Sample 4. Variable 5. Statistical data 6. Symbol notations 2. Exercise
3. Principles and Methods of Sampling: 1. Introduction 2. Principles of Sampling 3. Criteria of Sampling 4. Methods of Sampling 5. Exercise
4. Collection of Data and Frequency Distribution - 1. Introduction 2. Collection of Data 3. Classification of Data 4. Tabulation of Data (Organization of Frequency Distribution Table) 5. Construction of Frequency Distribution Table 6. Exercise
5. Presentation of Data - 1. Introduction 1. Graphic presentation 2. Diagrammatic presentation 2. Exercise
6. Measures of Central Tendency (Average) - 1. Introduction 2. Types of Measures of Central Tendency or Average Value 1. Mathematical average 2. Positional average 3. Measures of partition value 3. Exercise
7. Measures of Dispersion - 1. Introduction 1. Range 2. Quartile deviation 3. Mean deviation 4. Standard deviation 5. Standard error 6. Variance and coefficient of variance 2. Exercise
8. Probability- 1. Introduction 2. Rules of Probability.3. Types of Probability 4. Venn Diagram 5. Exercise
9. Distribution Pattern - 1. Introduction 2. Types of Distribution Pattern 3. Exercise
10. Tests of Significance. - 1. Introduction 2. Null Hypothesis 3. Level of Significance 4. Significance of Difference of Means 5. Exercise
11. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) - 1. Introduction 2. Principle 3. Procedure of ANOVA 4. Critical Difference (CD) for Comparison between Means of Two Treatments 5. Q-test for Comparison of Pairs of Means Considered in ANOVA 6. Applications of ANOVA. 7. Exercise 12. Correlation - 1. Introduction 2. Types of Correlation 3. Methods of Studying Correlation 4. Multiple Correlations 5. Exercise 13. Regression Analysis - 1. Introduction 2. Regression Line 3. Regression Equation 4. Procedure of Regression Analysis 5. Types of Regression 6. Test of Significance of Regression Coefficient by t-test 7. Exercise 14. Demography - 1. Introduction 2. Sources of Demographic Data 3. Measurement of Population Growth. 4. Life Table 5. Exercise 15. Computer Application in Biology.-1. Introduction 2. History and Evolution of Computers 3. Computer Codes. 4. Classification of Computers 5. Exercise 16. Architecture of a Computer- 1. Introduction 2. Hardware 3. Input Devices 4. Output Devices .5. Computer Memory and Memory Storage 6. How to Operate a Computer 7. Software 8. Computer Viruses and Worms 9. Exercise 17. Ms Excel and Statistical Functions- 1. Introduction 2. Computation of Sum of Columns 3. Computation of Arithmetic Mean 4. Computation of Standard Deviation (SD) 5. Computation of Descriptive (Summary) Statistics 6. Computation of Chi Square Test 7. Computation of t-test 8. Computation of ANOVA (F-Test) 9. Computation of Correlation Coefficient 10. Computation of Regression 11. Computation of Histogram and Graphs 12. Exercise