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biometrics

biometrics

1 6.2
The study of living things using numbers to find patterns, for example in genes or populations
  • noun
  • /ˌbaɪəˈmɛtrɪks/
  • Specialized
translation icon : bioestadística
  • Fitting semi-Markov models to interval-censored data with unknown initiation times. Biometrics 1999; 55: 507-13. Sternberg MR, Satten GA.

Well, this is determined from twin studies called biometrics of behaviour genetics actually.

Examples

  • Wulfsohn, M.S., & Tsiatis, A.A. 1997. A joint model for survival and longitudinal data measured with error. Biometrics, 53, 330-339.

    Academic text (2010)

  • By 1975, the biometrics unit at the National Heart Lung Institute had scrutinized its own data and was "prepared to believe that the recent decrease in CHD mortality is probably real."

    Academic text (2013)

  • Well, this is determined from twin studies called biometrics of behaviour genetics actually.

    Big Think

  • They had mixed standards, and we would vet them and, of course, BAT Biometrics Automated Toolset System them...

    Academic text (2010)

  • Wilcoxon, F. Individual comparisons by ranking methods. Biometrics 1945; 1:80-3.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Wilcoxon F. Probability tables for individual comparisons by ranking methods. Biometrics 1947; 3:119-22.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Nonparametric estimation in a Markov "illness-death" process from interval-censored observations with missing intermediate transition status. Biometrics 2009; 65: 143-151

    Academic text (2010)

  • Disclaimer: This article has been completed in partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Science in Public Health, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), Bethesda, Maryland.

    Academic text (2010)

  • In scientific research, biometrics helps in the evaluation of environmental data over time.

  • Many researchers find that biometrics is essential for studying trends in population genetics.

Synonyms

biostatistics
vsbiometrics
  • Specialized
1 5.1

The use of numbers to study health and living things like people and animals

is the same field expressed in a general biology context
biometry
vsbiometrics
  • Specialized
7.9

The use of statistics to study biological data like growth and disease

focuses on the formal study as a biological branch rather than just application

Surface Forms

biometrics singular
biometrics plural

Morphology

biometrics = biometric (semi-transparent) = bio + metric + s

The move from 'biometric' to 'biometrics' is a straightforward nominal plural formation, though the term is specialized.

Etymology

Biometrics comes from Greek parts bio- ('life') and -metric ('measure'), the same 'bio' in biology and the idea of a meter that measures. So it means 'measuring life', which fits the branch of biology that uses numbers and statistics to study living things.