The philosophy of biometry as a basic tool for the improvement of global biological research

Abstract

It is well known the meaning and importance of the biometry in the entire flow of any biological and environmental research from the first experimental design, to the data collection and their organization, the data manipulation and their analysis, up to the results interpretation and their presentation. It is also well known the “stataphobia” (the fear of statistics) that exists in the researchers -especially the young ones- in their efforts to carry on serious research. Certain surveys on the publications done up today in many countries revealed the remarkable gap that exists between the research work published by the researchers of the developed countries and those of the developing and much more the underdeveloped ones. In this study a review of the today’s status of the biological research in all the countries is undertaken in order to present the possible reasons of the existing gap,
hoping to reveal the proper solutions for the desirable improvement. Relevant references have been presented by experienced scientists in many biological-biometrical conferences, organized in the developing countries, noting the serious need of help for the improvement in the effectiveness of their biological research. The recent remarkable development of new technologies sciences-Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) offer the capacity required to this purpose. An interesting effort has already started by a forum of scientists from many countries by organizing a complete site in the internet on a platform based
on the Library of Alexandria, called Research Methodologies of the Library of Alexandria (RMLA), offering many lectures on special research matters and the availability for accepting certain questions on research matters. The International Biometric Society-IBS- is the appropriate scientific society that could act based on the line of its bylaws in order to help the research effectiveness in the developing countries aiming to the improvement of the global biological research