Pharmaceutical Research Methodology & Bio-Statistics: Theory & Practice

"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 &nbs