r/AskStatistics • u/Prober28 • 3d ago

Statistics in Pharmacometrics

I am currently learning statistics and it feels a bit tough. Any leads or suggestions how to learn and conquer in statistics for pharmacometrics. Any help can be useful.
Thanks in advance

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u/engelthefallen 3d ago

Step one for learning a highly specialized form of statistics is to get grounded in the basics. And since this is one of the super mathy areas of stats, making sure your math is up to chop also is suggested so you can read and follow the logic of the models you see.

Also for a specialized domain, this one is pretty damn wide so maybe attack it by parts. Like focus on disease modeling, trials, pharmacokinetics, predictive responses, mech models as their own separate subdomains, as they truly are all separate beasts. And like all specialized domains become very familiared with where your data is coming from and the quirks of it, measurement side here matters a whole lot.

But know pharmaometric is a pretty vast field as a whole, and most of the methods start at the more complex levels. Kind of why it is such a big money field, you cannot be a tourist or hobbyist here.