Introduction to Python for Biostatistics

Welcome to the chapter! Here, you will learn about many different libraries used for biostatistics in Python. First, you will learn about libraries that can be used for hypothesis tests and practice simple examples. Then, you will learn about values and how these can be used to test different hypotheses and answer different research questions. You will learn how to use different libraries for finding the association between variables using diabetes data, and finally, you will learn specific characteristics of different statistical metrics, how they relate to different hypothesis tests, and when to use them.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:

• Libraries for biostatistics hypothesis tests in Python
• Libraries for predictive biostatistics in Python
• Choosing which method to use for answering different scientific or research questions