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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 : | French language |
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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 7 lectures will be given each Friday of the first quadrimester from 8h15 to 10h15 in the auditorium 604 at the following dates: 17/9, 24/9, 1/10, 8/10, 15/10, 22/10 and 29/10.
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.) at the same dates from 15h30 to 17h30 in the lecture room 202 (to be confirmed). |
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| Written notes : | Students will have to buy the lecture notes "Biostatistics, A. Albert, academic year 2010-2011 (15 EUR) at the Editions de l'Université de Liège. 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. A score of 10 or more will allow the student to be exempted of the exam in June. 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 Coordination Tél: 04-366.25.95 - Email: Laurence.Seidel@ulg.ac.be
Anne-Françoise DONNEAU
Tél: 04-366.47.90 - Email: afdonneau@ulg.ac.be
Nadia DARDENNE Tél: 04-366.33.40 - Email: ndardenne@ulg.ac.be |
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| Remarks : | The course of Biostatistics is part of the module "Health and Society" |
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