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| STAT0110-1 | Biostatistics I
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| Duration : | 15h Th, 10h Pr |
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| Holder(s) : | Adelin Albert |
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| Substitute(s) : | Paul Gérard |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | The course starts with an introduction to descriptive statistics, outlining methods to summarise data graphically (bar diagram, histogram, cumulative frequency distribution) or numerically (mean value, standard deviation, proportion, percentiles, median, range, correlation). Next, there is an introduction to sampling theory and probability theory whch bridge descriptive statistics to inferential statistics (standard error, confidence interval). Finally, some of the major statistical tests are described including the use of statistical tables (Normal Z, Student t, Snedecor F and chi-squared). |
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| Course objective : | Statistics plays a major role in health sciences (medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, biomedical and motricity sciences). The course is intended to give students the basics of statistical thinking, reasoning and computing. Emphasis will be put on (1) data analysis, (2) planning of experiments and survey, (3) research, (4) critical reading of the scientific literature, and (5) the logic of scientific reasoning. Students should be able to carry out the statistical analysis of a dataset by means of a pocket calculator and give a proper interpretation of the results. |
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| Prerequisites : | The mathematical background acquired in highschool and the course of physics should suffice to understand the course. |
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| Workshops : | There will be 5 sessions of practicals (statistical exercises), with a duration of 2h each.
In statistics, practice is vital. Students are therefore requested to attend these sessions. They will be splitted in groups of about 50-80 people. Students are inveited to check the timetable at the appropriate advertisng boards.
Please take with you the lecture notes, a pocket calculator and a pad. |
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| Organization : | The lectures will be given each Friday of the first quadrimester from 8h15 to 10h15 in the auditorium 604 at the following dates: 19/9, 26/9, 3/10, 10/10, 17/10, 24/10 and 30/10.
Remark: The course for students of the BAC1 in kinesitherapy and in motricity sciences is given by Prof. Paul GERARD (Institut de Mathématique, Service de Statistique - tél: 04-366.93.84 - Email: Paul.Gerard@ulg.ac.be.) on Fridays from 17h00 to 19h00 at the University hospital (auditorium CHU) at the same dates. |
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| Written notes : | Students will have to buy the lecture notes "Biostatistics, A. Albert, edition 2008" at the Editions de l'Université de Liège at the cost of 15 EUR. This book contains the course material as well the main statistical tables. It will be used during exercise sessions and at the final examination. Finally, it can be used as a reference book in biostatistics in subsequent years.
Textbook
D.G. Altman. Practical statistics for medical research. Chapman & Hall, London, 2000. |
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| Assessment : | A written test will take place in January (this does not apply for students in medicine and dentistry). Any score of 10 or more will be considered as a success, exempting the student from the examination in June or September. All exams are written exams and students can used their lectures notes or any other documents. Exams are scored 0-20. |
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| Contacts : | Lecturer
Adelin ALBERT (Professeur ordinaire), Département des Sciences de la Santé Publique (DSSP)- Informatique Médicale et Biostatistique, CHU Sart Tilman (B35), 4000 Liège.
Tél: 04-366.25.91/90 - Fax: 04-366.25.96
Email: aalbert@ulg.ac.be
Secretary
Mrs Anna MARCHETTA, Département des Sciences de la Santé Publique (DSSP)- Informatique Médicale et Biostatistique (IMBS), CHU Sart Tilman (B35), 4000 Liège.
Tél: 04-366.25.90 - Fax: 04-366.25.96
Email: imbs@ulg.ac.be
Assistants
Laurence SEIDEL-VERMEERSCH Tél: 04-366.25.95 - Email: Laurence.Seidel@ulg.ac.be
Laetitia COMTE Tél: 04-366.94.60 - Email: L.Comte@ulg.ac.be
Anne-Françoise DONNEAU Coordination
Tél: 04-366.47.90 - Email: afdonneau@ulg.ac.be
David MAGIS Tél: 04-366.94.24 - Email: David.Magis@ulg.ac.be
Sophie VANBELLE Tél: 04-366.47.90 - Email: Sophie.Vanbelle@ulg.ac.be |
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| Remarks : | The course of Biostatistics is part of the module "Health and Society" |
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