What is Statistics? displaying, analyzing, and summarizing data collection or gathering of data displaying, analyzing, and summarizing data inferring information from data

Examples of Statistics Biostatistics: Is breastfeeding by HIV positive mothers associated with infant mortality? Is hormone replacement therapy associated with heart disease or stroke? Do patients taking Vioxx hve an increasing risk of stroke? How are the MRI brain scans for schizophrenic patients different from people without the disease?

Examples of Statistics Typical Activity of a Biostatistician: 1. Sample size requirement 2. Analysis plan at design stage 3. Randomization 3. Sampling design 4. Statistical Analysis: Descriptive and inferential statistics analysis

Examples of Statistics Where do Biostatisticians work: 1. Academic fields 2. Government (e.g.: FDA) 3. Non-profit organizations 3. Pharmaceutical companies or Contracted Research Organizations (CRO) 4. Statistical Analysis: Descriptive and inferential statistics analysis

The Role of Statistics Biology: Statistician: Is the productivity and yield of maze significantly effected by the environment: drought, UV or both? Statistician: Designing studies for and analyzing data from agricultural experiments to increase productivity and yield.

The Role of Statistics Market Research: Statistician: Are consumer tastes in television programs changing? What are promising locations for a new retail outlet? Statistician: Market researchers use both government data and their own surveys to answer questions such as these. Statisticians design the elaborate surveys that gather data for both public and private use.

The Role of Statistics Survey and estimate the unemployment rate, average family income in the United States (at the Bureau of Labor Statistics) Evaluate the environmental impact of air, water, and soil pollutants (at a research laboratory, commercial environmental clean-up firm, or the Environmental Protection Agency)

Examples of Statistics in Biometrics Computer Vision: Dr. Shuicheng Yan: Learning to Photograph http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9REx5p5Y6sI Minority Report Mall Scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBaiKsYUdvg

Examples of Statistics in Biometrics Human Computer Interaction (HIC): Ads will be able to watch consumers from NEC company: http://www.rudeegraap.com/2011/01/05/advertisements-are-watching-you/

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