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Study programmes 2013-2014Last update : 13/05/2014
QUAL0437-2  Statistical data analysis using informatic tools

Duration :  15h Th, 5h Pr
Number of credits :  
Master in Biomedicine, Professional Focus in Quality Assurance, 2nd year2
Lecturer :  N...
Substitute(s) :  Gentiane Haesbroeck
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the first semester, examination in June
Course contents :  
The software "Statistica (Statsoft)" is used extensively throughout the course. The main graphicals techniques (histograms, box plots, cumulative diagrams, scatterplots,...) and tools of descriptive statistics are presented. Position and dispersion parameters (mean, median, percentiles, range, standard deviation, variance, ...) are reviewed. The classical parametric and non parametric tests are presented using Statistica.
 
Moreover, a specific application related to External Quality assessment is considered in details.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
The main purpose of the course is to become familiar with the use of a modern statistical software and to discuss the results and meaning of the several statistical methods available to explore and analyse practical data.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
A first course in statistics including descriptive statistics and foundamentals of inferential statistics.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Recommended or required readings :  
There aren't any lecture notes nor slides (the techniques will be directly illustrated on the software).
Assessment methods and criteria :  
A statistical analysis of experimental data.
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Contacts :  
Prof. Gentiane HAESBROECK

Institut de mathématique
Grande traverse, 12 (Bât. B37)
B-4000 Liège
Belgium

Tel.: +32 (0)4 366.95.94
E-mail: g.haesbroeck@ulg.ac.be


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