PHARMACEUTICAL MATHEMATICS AND BIOSTATISTICS

PHARMACEUTICAL MATHEMATICS AND BIOSTATISTICS

Part A Pharmaceutical Mathematics

1.   ALGEBRA:

                     i.        Sets and Functions

                   ii.        Elementary concepts of sets

                  iii.        Concept of Functions

                  iv.        Domain and Range of a Function

                   v.        Different types of Functions

                  vi.        Graphical representation of a function.

                vii.        Some applications of functions.

A.  Solution of Linear and Quadratic Equations. Equations reducible to Quadratic Form. Solution of simultaneous Equations

B.  Arithmetic, Geometric and Harmonic Progressions. Arithmetic, Geometric and Harmonic Means.

C.  Permutations and Combinations

D.  Binomial Theorem: Simple application.

2.   TRIGONOMETRY:

a.   Measurement of Angles in Radian and degrees.

b.   Definitions of circular functions.

c.   Derivation of circular function for simple cases.

3.   ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY:

a.   Coordinates of point in a plane.

b.   Distance between two points in a plane.

c.   Locus, Equations of straight line,

d.   Equation of Parabola,

e.   Circle and Ellips.

4.   DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS:

a.   Concept of Derivations.

b.   Rules of Differentiation.

c.   Examples on the evaluation of Derivations.

d.   Derivatives of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions, Partial Derivations.

e.   Higher Order Derivatives.

f.     Maxima & Minima points of Inflections.

5.   INTEGRAL CALCULUS:

a.   Concept of Integration.

b.   Rules of Integrations.

c.   Integrations of Algebric and Trignomatric functions by using different techniques

Part B BIOSTATISTICS

1.   DESCRIPTION OF STATISTICS:

a.   Descriptive Statistics: What is Statistics?

b.   Importance of Statistics.

c.   What is Biostatistics?

d.   Application of Statistics in Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

e.   How samples are selected?

2.   ORGANIZING and DISPLAYING DATA:

a.   Variables,

b.   Quantitative and Qualitative Variables

c.   Univariate Data,

d.   Bivariate Data,

e.   Random Variables,

f.     Frequency Table,

g.   Diagrams,

h.   Pictograms,

i.     Simple Bar Charts,

j.     Multiple Bar Charts,

k.    Histograms.

3.   SUNNARIZING DATA and VARIATION:

a.   The Mean,

b.   The Median,

c.   The Mode,

d.   The Mean Deviation,

e.   The Variance and Standard Deviation,

f.     Coefficient of Variation.

4.   CURVE FITTING:

a.   Fitting a Straight Line.

b.   Fitting of Parabolic or High Degree Curve.

5.   PROBABILITY:

a.   Definitions,

b.   Probability Rules,

c.   Probability Distributions (Binomial & Normal Distributions).

6.   SIMPLE REGRESSION AND CORRELATION:

a.   Introduction.

b.   Simple Linear Regression Model.

c.   Correlation co-efficient.

7.   TEST OF HYPOTHESIS AND SIGNIFICANCE:

a.   Statistical Hypothesis.

b.   Level of Significance.

c.   Test of Significance.

d.   Confidence Intervals

e.   Test involving Binomial and Normal Distributions.

8.   ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE:

a.   One-way Classification,

b.   Two-way Classification,

c.   Partitioning of Sum of Squares and Degrees of Freedom,

d.   Multiple Compression Tests such as LSD,

e.   The analysis of Variance Models.

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