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biometry

biometry

7.9
The use of statistics to study biological data like growth and disease
  • noun
  • /baɪˈɒmətri/
  • Specialized
translation icon : biometría
  • The researchers employed biometry to study the growth patterns in different species of plants.

Examples

  • Biometry uses statistical methods to analyze biological data in order to identify trends.

  • In healthcare, biometry plays a crucial role in understanding population health and disease prevalence.

  • Sokal RR, Rohlf FJ. 1995. Biometry. New York: W. H. Freeman.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Disagreements with its hierarchy, especially its autocratic director, statistician P. Mahalanobis, eventually led Haldane to resign and establish his own biometry laboratory in Bubaneshwar (Orissa).

    Academic text (1992)

Synonyms

biostatistics
vsbiometry
  • Specialized
1 5.1

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

is the practical application of statistical analysis to biological data
biometrics
vsbiometry
  • Specialized
1 6.2

The study of living things using numbers to find patterns, for example in genes or populations

is the practical application of statistical analysis to biological data

How Mathematical

econometrics
  • Specialized
4 8.4
biometry
  • Specialized
7.9
managerial economics
  • Specialized
6.0

Surface Forms

biometry singular
biometries plural

Morphology

biometry = bio + metr + y

The classical elements bio- and metr-y make the biological-statistical sense partly guessable, but the full technical meaning is specialized.

Etymology

Biometry comes from the parts bio- 'life' and -metry 'measurement', so it literally means 'measuring life'. That's why biometry is about using statistics and measurements to study living things, like growth or population patterns.