Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings

• 06 - Physical and life sciences and technologies
• 26. - Biological and biomedical sciences
• 26.11 - Biomathematics, bioinformatics, and computational biology

26.1102 - Biostatistics

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of descriptive and inferential statistics to biomedical research and clinical, public health, and industrial issues related to human populations. These programs include courses in mathematical statistics, modelling, clinical trials methodology, disease and survival analysis, longitudinal analysis, missing data analysis, spatial analysis, computer tomography, biostatistics consulting, and applications to such topics as genetics, oncology, pharmacokinetics, physiology, neurobiology, and biophysics.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • biostatistics

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• Exclusion(s)

  • mathematical biology(27.0306)
  • mathematical statistics(27.0502)
  • public health (MPH, DPH)(51.2201)
  • statistics(27.0501)