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Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
STAT0067-4  Probability and statistical inference

Duration :  50h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits :  
Bachelor degree in Economics and Management, 2nd year6
Lecturer :  Louis Esch
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
All year long, with partial in January
Course contents :  
1st part : Probability Theory
- Random situations, events and probability - Conditioning, probability trees and independance - Random variables and probability distribution - Typical parameters and moments of r.v. - Stochastic convergences - Theoretical distributions I (discrete laws, continuous laws and limit theorems) - Multivariate r.v. - Moments of multivariate r.v. - Stochastic processes - Applications
2nd part : Statistical inference
- Introduction (object, variables, observations, population and sample) - Sampling and sampling distribution - Theoretical distributions II - Point estimation (estimators : properties and construction) - Confidence interval estimation - Statistical tests (principle and power, conformity and comparison, non parametrical tests) - Inference for regression
Learning outcomes of the course :  
- Allow to understand probability calculus and to modelize random situations - Provide probabilistic basics useful for statistical inference, operational research and financial and actuarial applications) - Allow to use principles and basic methods of statistical inference (estimation and tests) Intended Learning Outcomes addressed by the course : * use the appropriate probabilistical and statistical tools in order to solve management and economic problems * research autonomously and methodically for the information needed to solve a problem linked to professionnal practice and to propose, following analysis, concrete solutions in a critical manner * present this information adequately
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
- Descriptive statistics
- Elements of differential and integral calculus
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
- Ex-cathedra lectures (theory)
- Exercises with groups
Recommended or required readings :  
Copy of slides

Reference books
- ROSS S.M., Initiation à la théorie des probabilités, Presses polytechniques romandes
- DROESBEKE J.J., Eléments de statistique, Ellipses
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Written examination in january, 1st and 2nd sessions
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Contacts :  
Professor
Louis Esch
HEC-Ecole de gestion de l'Université de Liège (bâtiment N1)
Tél. : 04/232.73.00
e-mail : louis.esch@ulg.ac.be

Teaching assistants
S. Maron, Bât. N1, Local 306. Tél. : 04 232 73 01
e-mail : Sabine.Maron@ulg.ac.be
M.-C. Cillis, Bât. N1, Local 306. Tél. : 04 232 73 41
e-mail : mccillis@ulg.ac.be

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