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| STAT0002-2 | Descriptive Statistics
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| Duration : | 20h Th, 10h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Philippe Lambert |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| This course consists of about ten theoretical lectures related to descriptive statistics. The graphical and numerical tools summarizing the information available in univariate data are first described. Elementary strategies enabling to quantify and to represent graphically the association between several variables are also studied. Finally, survey sampling is tackled with the main probabilist survey plans. Estimation of means and proportions are tackled in that framework. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| To understand and to be able to use the basic tools in descriptive statistics ; to study the statistical bases of survey sampling for the estimation of means and proportions in such a framework. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Practicals will be organised to help students in the resolution of exercises useful to understand the theoretical lectures. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The theoretical lectures and the practicals will take place during the 1st semester on a weekly basis. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The slides used during the course will be made available. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| A written exam will be organised during the exam sessions of January, May-June and August-September. |
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Contacts :
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| Philippe LAMBERT, Institut des sciences humaines et sociales, Bât B31, local R.54, tél: 04/366.59.90, email: p.lambert@ulg.ac.be |
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