About the Book

The combination of Biostatistics and Computer Applications are very much useful for bio-sciences and bioinformatics fields. The book provides both concepts in synoptic view. The first part of the book includes chapters on basic concepts and sampling methods, probability and distributions, correlation and regression, Chi-Square test, analysis of variance, experimental designs and statistical quality control. The second part of the book provides a detailed, yet easy to understand description of the computer fundamentals. Each and every aspect is presented very clearly and logically. This part of book includes chapters on computer and its application histroy of computer, type of computers, number system, system concept fundamental of operating system, computer languages, networking concept, database management, and C programming.

Salient Features

• All the chapters are written in a lucid manner

• A chapter on application of computers in pharmaceutical and clinical studies is added.

Contents

PART – A Biostatistics: 1. Introduction 2. Collection of Data 3. Data Organization 4. Dispersion and Standard Deviation 5. Skewness and Kurtosis 6. Probability and Distributions 7. Correlation and Regression 8. Tests of Hypotheses 9. Chi-Square Test 10. Analysis of Variance 11. Experimental Designs 12. Statistical Quality Control PART – B Computer Applications: 13. Introduction to Computers 14. History of Computers 15. Classifications of Computers 16. The System Concept 17. Fundamentals of Operating System 18. Computer Languages 19. Concept of Programming 20. Computer Networks 21. Database Management 22. C Programming Language 23. Applications of Computers in Pharmaceutical and Clinical Studies

About the Authors

Gadiraju Nageswara Rao has retired as Associate Dean, Professor and Head of the Department of Statistics and Mathematics, College of Agriculture, Acharaya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad. He has more than 40 years of teaching experience and has published more than 48 research papers in National and International Journals. He has guided more than 300 M.Sc and Ph.D students in Agriculture, Veterinary and Home Sciences in Statistical Methodology.

Presently he is Visiting Professor to Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, and Osmania University, Hyderbad.

N. K. Tiwari, MCA, M.Tech, Ph.D has 20 years of research and development and teaching experience. He is presently working as a Sr. Scientist in MPCST. He has received various national awards including AICTE; Dr. C. V. Raman technical writer award 2005 and 2006, young scientist award 1993 etc. He has published several books and more than 30 research papers. He is also Governing Member of several reputed organizations.