BIOSTATISTICS

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study and use of theory and methods for the analysis of data arising from random processes or phenomena.

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STATISTICS

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branch of applied statistics directed toward applications in the health sciences and biology.

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BIOSTATISTICS

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branch of applied statistics directed toward applications in the health sciences and biology.

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BIOSTATISTICS

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all the inhabitants of a given country or area considered together.

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POPULATION

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all the inhabitants of a given country or area considered together.

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POPULATION

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 Arithmetic average
 Most common
 Sum of all observation divided by the total number of observations

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MEAN

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subset of a population; representative of the overall population.

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SAMPLE

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 a statistical measure that is used to calculate the average deviation from the mean value of the given data set
 formula:

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MEAN DEVIATION

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 numerical value in the middle when data set is arranged in order

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MEDIAN

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 Value that occurs most often

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MODE

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this hypothesis states thatthere is no difference between groups or no relationship between variables.

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NULL HYPOTHESIS

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o one that states there is a statistically significant relationship between two variables
o It is usually the hypothesis a researcher or experimenter is trying to prove or has already proven.

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ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS

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simplest measure of variation difference between the largest and the smallest observation

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RANGE

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Average of squared deviations of values from the mean

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VARIANCE

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 the square root of the variance
 most commonly used measure of variation

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STANDARD DEVIATION