Preface

“Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.”
William Osler (1849-1919).

Biostatistics is a fundamental discipline at the core of modern health data science (Lee et al, 2019). It is the science of managing medical uncertainty and biostatistical methods play a key role in the scientific assessment of the main areas of medical practice:

  • Diagnosis
  • Aetiology
  • Treatment
  • Prognosis

Leonhard Held

2024-12-19

References

Lee, K J, Moreno‐Betancur, M, Kasza, J, Marschner, I C, Barnett, A G, and Carlin, J B 2019 Biostatistics: A fundamental discipline at the core of modern health data science. Medical Journal of Australia, 211(10): 444. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50372