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| YSTG0025-1 | Training - Introduction to the use of international databases, Part 1
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| Duration : | 80h Internship |
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| Lecturer : | Christian Monseur |
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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 training aims at initiating students to conduct statitistical analyses with SAS software on databases of international surveys in education on achievement such as the OECD/PISA or IEA/TIMSS & PIRLS programs |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Students will have to demonstrate their capabilities to :
1. Create and modify data files ;
2. Merge files;
3. Conduct differents types of statistical analyses: linear and non linear regresion, multi-level regression with fix and random effects, logistic regression, correlation, effect size and relative risk analyses ;
4. Estimate the sampling variance with resampling methods |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Deep understanding of the statistical tools listed in the "Learning outcomes" section |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Seminar and individual works |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face to face required for the seminars |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| OECD (2007). PISA Data Analysis Manual, SAS second edition. Paris : OECD. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Students will have to conduct a statistical analysis that involves data transformations and the use of a macro for the estimation of the sampling variance |
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Organizational remarks :
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| None |
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Contacts :
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| Christian Monseur
++ 32 4 358 05 84
cmonseur@ulg.ac.be |
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