Basic Biostatistics

T. Ramakrishna Rao is a formerly retired director of the School of Environmental Studies in the University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, until 2004. Earlier, he was a professor and head of the Department of Zoology at the same university. An ecologist and an environmental biologist, he was a visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali during 2010 to 2015, and at the IISER Berhampur, during 2019 to 2022. He taught courses in population ecology, ecosystem ecology, environmental sciences, and biostatistics. He received the 'Teacher of the Year' Award in 2015 from the elite Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi, India.

Introduction.- Normal probability distribution.- Testing a Hypothesis.- Binomial and Poisson probability distributions.- Confidence limits and single-sample testing.- Two-group comparisons.- Analysis of Variance.- Correlation and Regression.- Analysis of Frequencies.- Sampling methods and Experimental designs.- Nonparametric tests.- Beyond Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (NHST).