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Databases and Resources by Subject Area or Discipline: Biostatistics

A comprehensive list of Public Health Resources

What is Biostatistics?

Biostatistics is the use of statistics applied to the collection, analysis, and interpretation of biological data especially data relating to human biology, health, and medicine.  This guide focuses on information and links to resources on the topic of Biostatistics to support UT-Health School of Public Health students, faculty, and staff. 

Databases

E-Books

Mapping Software

Repositories

Journals

The UTHealth SPH Library has access to the following statistical journals:

American Statistician: accessible through JSTOR  or Proquest Health Sciences Collection

Applied Statistics: accessible through JSTOR or Wiley-Blackwell Full Collection

Biometrical Journal: accessible through Wiley-Blackwell Full Collection

Biometrics: accessible through JSTOR or Wiley-Blackwell Full Collection

Biometrika: accessible through JSTOR or Proquest Health Sciences Collection

Biostatistics: accessible through Oxford

Computational Statistics & Data Analysis: accessible through Science Direct 

Journal of the American Statistical Association (JASA), Taylor and Francisor Proquest Health Sciences Collection

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics: accessible through Taylor and Francis

Lifetime data analysis: accessible through Springerlink

Statistical methods in medical research: accessible through Sage

Statistics in medicine: Wiley-Blackwell Full Collection

OpenAccess

Biostatistics-Digital Commons NetworkOpen access academic research from top universities on the subject of Biostatistics

Cochrane Methods of Statistics: The Statistical Methods Group (SMG) (Cochrane Methods Statistics) is a forum where all statistical issues related to the work of Cochrane are discussed. The group has evolved in response to the demands for methods to resolve key statistical issues in review methodology. The SMG has a broad scope, which covers issues relating to statistical methods, training, software, and research, together with attempting to ensure that adequate statistical and technical support is available to review groups.

Harvard Dataverse: The Harvard Dataverse Repository is a free data repository open to all researchers from any discipline, both inside and outside of the Harvard community, where you can share, archive, cite, access, and explore research data. Each individual Dataverse collection is a customizable collection of datasets (or a virtual repository) for organizing, managing, and showcasing datasets.

MIT OpenCourseWare: a free and open collection of material from thousands of MIT courses, covering the entire MIT curriculum.