by Subba Bayya Rao (Author)
"Pharmaceutical Research Methodology and Bio-Statistics: Theory and Practice" is aimed in understanding the fundamental concepts of developing a research bent of mind by careful planning, execution, collection of data and analyzing for statistical significance. The book is aimed at B. Pharm, Pharm D, Pharm D (PB), M. Pharm, allied course students, researchers at the academic and industry levels, Ph. D scholars, policy makers, regulators etc.
Key Features:
- Distinguishing statistics and bio-statistics
- How to identify a problem, plan for research and execute the idea
- Chemical abstract literature search
- Anatomy of a research paper
- Compare and contrast of research proposal, research report, research paper, patent document, synopsis
- Concept of meta-analysis to resolve research ambiguities
- Data collection, cleansing, presenting
- How to overcome missing data
- Introduction to Probability, Permutations and Combinations
- Parametric distributions - binomial, poisson, normal, chi-square, student 't', F distributions
- Extra information on Bernoulli Distribution and Chebyshev's Theorem
- Role of Type I and Type II errors, Power, sample size, confidence level, confidence interval, confidence limits
- How to judge whether data upon analysis is statistical significant or not
- Developing hypothesis as null, alternate and how to draw conclusion after conducting suitable statistical test
- Non-parametric statistical test - Run, Sign, Wilcoxon Signed rank, Wilcoxon rank sum tests
- Parametric, Non-parametric ANOVAs (1-way with multiple comparisons, 2-way, cross over, 3-way)
- Step wise Parametric and non-parametric problem solving
- Applications of linear regression and correlation coef ficient relating to pharmaceuticals
- Appended with Multi-linear Regression Analysis (Mathematical and Excel Calculation)
Number of Pages: 360
Dimensions: 0.81 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN
Publication Date: May 01, 2023
