Research Activity
biometry
bi·om·e·try [ bahy-om-i-tree ]
Subclass of:
Epidemiologic Measurements
Definitions related to biometry:
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The use of statistical and mathematical methods to analyze biological observations and phenomena.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(statistics/biometry) Statistics involves collecting, summarizing, and analyzing data that are subject to random variation, the data themselves and the summarization of the data; biometry is the use of statistical methods to analyze biological observations and phenomena.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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