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| STAT0110-1 | Biostatistics I
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| Duration : | 15h Th, 10h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Adelin Albert |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| 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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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| 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 and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| The mathematical background acquired in highschool and the course of physics should suffice to understand the course. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| 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 100-150 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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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The 7 lectures for the students in medicine will be given each Friday of the first quadrimester from 8h30 to 10h30 simultaneously in the lecture rooms 604/304/204 at the following dates: 21/9, 5/10, 12/10, 19/10, 26/10, 9/11 et 16/11.
Remark: The course for students in dentistry, pharmacy, biomedical sciences, kinesitherapy and motricity sciences will take place at almost the same dates (21/9, 28/9, 5/10, 12/10, 19/10, 26/10 et 9/11) from 16h15 to 18h15 in the lecture room 500. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Students will have to buy the lecture notes "Biostatistics, A. Albert, academic year 2012-2013 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 methods and criteria :
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| For medical students, according to the new rules, the final exam will take place in Januray. For the other sections, the January evaluation will only be optionnal. All exams are written and "open book" . Questions will appeal to the student's capacity of thinking, reasoning and calculation skills. Exams are scored 0-20. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The course of Biostatistics is part of the module "Health and Society" |
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Contacts :
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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
Patrick MAGGI Tél: 04 366 45.08 - Email: patrick.maggi@ulg.ac.be |
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