Biostatistics

期刊简介：Among the important scientific developments of the 20th century is the explosive growth in statistical reasoning and methods for application to studies of human health. Examples include developments in likelihood methods for inference, epidemiologic statistics, clinical trials, survival analysis, and statistical genetics. Substantive problems in public health and biomedical research have fueled the development of statistical methods, which in turn have improved our ability to draw valid inferences from data. The objective of Biostatistics is to advance statistical science and its application to problems of human health and disease, with the ultimate goal of advancing the public's health.

【译文】20世纪的重要科学发展之一是统计推理和方法的爆炸性增长，这些方法应用于人类健康研究。例如，包括推理中的似然方法、流行病学统计、临床试验、生存分析和统计遗传学的发展。公共卫生和生物医学研究中的实质性问题是推动统计方法发展的动力，而这些方法反过来又提高了我们从数据中得出有效推论的能力。生物统计学的目标是推进统计学及其在人类健康和疾病问题中的应用，最终目标是提高公众的健康水平。