Book Title: Foundations of Biomedical Science: Quantitative Literacy: Theory and Problems

Author: Julian Pakay

Book Description: Foundations of Biomedical Science: Quantitative Literacy Theory and Problems is designed to help students develop the fundamental mathematical and quantitative literacy required to navigate and interpret evidence-based Biomedical data. This will provide students with the skills and confidence to habitually question any quantitative data they come across and to use these skills to make informed judgements regarding their veracity.

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Book Description

Modern Biomedicine is evidence-based, which means it is underpinned by quantitative data. Recent technological advances have led to Biomedicine (and Biology in general) becoming more “data driven” and hence more quantitative and predictive. Hence, now more than ever, an understanding of quantitative data is crucial for students of Biomedical disciplines.

Foundations of Biomedical Science: Quantitative Literacy Theory and Problems is designed to help students develop the fundamental mathematical and quantitative literacy required to navigate and interpret evidence-based Biomedical data. This ebook is divided into short chapters, each containing a concise summary of:

  • theory provided through a Biomedical context
  • authentic worked examples, problem sets and solutions
  • further extension and application of the theory.

These chapters build to provide students with the skills and confidence to habitually question any quantitative data they come across and to use these skills to make informed judgements regarding their veracity.

Author

Julian Pakay

Subject

Biology, life sciences

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Title
Foundations of Biomedical Science: Quantitative Literacy: Theory and Problems
Author
Julian Pakay
Reviewers
Jodie Young and Brandon Cheong
License

This book was published via the Council of Australian University Librarians Open Educational Resources Collective. The online version is available at https://oercollective.caul.edu.au/foundations-of-biomedical-science.

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Foundations of Biomedical Science: Quantitative Literacy Theory and Problems by Julian Pakay is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license by La Trobe University.

Recommended citation: Pakay, J. (2023). Foundations of Biomedical Science: Quantitative Literacy Theory and Problems. La Trobe eBureau. https://oercollective.caul.edu.au/foundations-of-biomedical-science.

Recommended attribution: Foundations of Biomedical Science: Quantitative Literacy Theory and Problems by Julian Pakay is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license by La Trobe University. https://oercollective.caul.edu.au/foundations-of-biomedical-science.

Cover (illustration) by Sebastian Kainey is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.

Primary Subject
Biology, life sciences
Additional Subject(s)
Data science and analysis: general
Institution
La Trobe University
Publisher
La Trobe eBureau
Publication Date
March 28, 2023
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.26826/1016
Ebook ISBN
978-0-6484681-8-9