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biostatistics, n. pl. (const. as sing.)|ˌbaɪəʊstəˈtɪstɪks|
[f. bio- + statistics n. pl.]
The statistical study of biological data, esp. mortality and life expectancy (cf. vital statistics s.v. vital a. 4 d).
1890in Webster. 1928in Stedman Med. Dict. (ed. 10). 1953Postgrad. Med. XIII. 334 (heading) Biostatistics—and why! 1960Jrnl. Med. Educ. XXXV. 654/2 There is no longer any urgent reason why biostatistics should be identified with public health and preventive medicine. 1974Nature 8 Nov. 178/2 While I hope that this modest analysis will be instructive and entertaining to students of biostatistics, I regret that astrologers may be disappointed. 1985Times 20 May 25/6 (Advt.), Temporary lecturer in biostatistics.
Hence biostaˈtistical a.; biostatiˈstician n.
1953Postgrad. Med. XIII. 334/1 To a good many clinicians, a biostatistician is a mechanism devoted mainly to asking embarrassing questions after it is too late to get an answer. 1961Webster, Biostatistical. 1963Poultry Sci. XLII. 1282/1 (heading) Biostatistical study of growth in chickens. 1974Latin Amer. Econ. Rep. 15 Mar. 42/2 A team of Pescaperú marine biologists and biostatisticians left for Panama to study anchovy resources and other species in Panamanian waters. 1981Brit. Med. Jrnl. 3 Oct. 917/2 The dangers of biostatisticians taking over the design, conduct, and analysis of clinical trials. 1986N.Y. Times 25 Aug. b7/4 The marriage of Alice J. Hausman..to Jesse Aaron Berlin, an independent biostatistical consultant in Boston, took place yesterday. |