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Study programmes 2013-2014Last update : 13/05/2014
VETE0099-2  Biostatistics complements

Duration :  14h Th
Number of credits :  
Advanced Master in Plant and Animal Resource Management in tropical environment2
Lecturer :  Nicolas Antoine-Moussiaux, Frédéric Farnir
Coordinator :  Nicolas Antoine-Moussiaux, Pascal Leroy
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Course contents :  
The course presents the basics of biostatitics (descriptive analysis, hypothesis testing), using MS Excel and R.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
At the end of the course, the student is able to:- choose the adequate graphical presentation for a set of data - choose the adequate descriptive statistics to give correct account of the variability in a data set - apply in the correct conditions the following statistical tests: Khi-square, t-test, anova - use the basic statistical functions of MS Excel. - use the basics of the R software (data set handling, seek and use functions).
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Presentations, discussions, exercises (with computers)
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
face-to-face
Recommended or required readings :  
The slideshows presented during the lectures and some other additional material will be given to the students.A book "Méthodes statistiques en médecine vétérinaire" by Frédéric Farnir and Pascal Leroy is available at the Presses Universitaires de Liège.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
A homework is submitted, consisting in the analysis of a data set. The work is evaluated on basis of the results obtained and the explanations of the approach.
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Contacts :  
Nicolas Antoine-Moussiauxnantoine@ulg.ac.be


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