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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
MATH0474-1  Probability and statistics III
Duration :  25h Th, 15h Pr, 10h Mon. WS
Credits/ECTS :  
Bachelor in mathematical sciences, 3rd yearSecond semester5
One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Statistics, general orientationSecond semester5
Holder(s) :  Gentiane Haesbroeck
Language :  French language
Course contents :  In this course, the classical methods of statistical inference (sampling distributions, estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing) are developed in details.
Course objective :  Make the student familiar with the most basic and important statistical methods which will be of use in all the more specialized statistics courses available in the master degree in mathematics or statistics.
Prerequisites :  Probability and descriptive statistics
Workshops :  There are 15 hours of practicals attached to this course. These 15 hours will be divided into tutorials and practicals in the computer room of the mathematical Institute. Moreover, some other hours will be devoted to personnal research directed by an assistant. More information will be available at the start of the academic year.
Organization :  The courses and the tutorials/practicals are given over the second semester according to a timetable distributed to the students in the beginning of the academic year.
Written notes :  Notes (on the theory and on the exercises) will be sold to the students at the beginning of the academic year.
Assessment :  The final mark is a weighted mean of the marks attributed to the three following assesments (organised during the examen session of May-June):

-written exam on exercises.

- oral exam on theory.

- exam in the computer room (use of R, interpretation of data and statistical analyses)
Contacts :  G.HAESBROECK, Institute of mathematics, Building B37, room 0/60, tel: 04/366-95-94, email: G.Haesbroeck@ulg.ac.be C. RUWET, Institut de mathématique, Bât B37, tél: 04/366-94-06, email: cruwet@ulg.ac.be


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