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| STAT0070-2 | Multivariate Analysis and Statistical Software Use
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 15h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Francis Pérée |
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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 second semester |
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Course contents :
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| This course deals with problems that are encountered by researchers in psychology, pedagogy and speech therapy. Through the students' use of the SAS and firstly STATISTICA softwares, the course studies the most frequent multivariate statistical procedures that are in use in social sciences.
A theoretical account synthesizes the various statistical concepts taken into consideration in each chapter. The latter are then illustrated by concrete applications which are solved with the help of the two sorts of software mentioned above.
The studied topics are as follows : Matrix Algebra - Introduction to the SAS software - Stepwise Regression- Logistic Regression - Analysis of Multivariate Variance - Exploratory Factor Analysis - Canonical Analysis - Discriminant Analysis - Cluster Analysis- Principal Component Analysis - Correspondence Analysis - Multidimensional Scaling. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Primarily, the course intends to help the students to acquire the knowledge of the classical multivariate statistical procedures, to solve concrete problems whose solutions imply to resort to them and, in this context, to understand the use of statistical software.
Thus the students must acquire and/or develop their knowledge in multivariate statistics and handle the use of the STATISTICA software. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| To have followed and passed the preceding STAT1002-2 course "Problems of Statistics and Software Use" (or equivalent) and to be able to use at least a statistical software (preferably STATISTICA). |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| 15 hours of practice are proposed to the students. However, exercises are also proposed within the framework of the course and must be solved on a computer. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| All the classes take place in the computer room (CAFEIM), which enables each student to work on a computer individually and to solve concrete applications. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| PEREE F.P., Analyse multivariée et utilisation de logiciels statistiques, Liège, 2013-2014. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The evaluation test last three hours. Each student must solve, by himself and on a computer, several problems in connection with multivariate analysis.
The students may have the course book and their personal notes at their disposal.
The answers to the questions of the examination must be written down on the personalized questionnaire that each student received at the beginning of the examination. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| In addition to the participation in the course and the training meetings, frequent exercises using the software are recommended to the students. |
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Contacts :
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| UNIVERSITY OF LIEGE
Service of Quantitative Psychology
Sart Tilman B32
Boulevard du rectorat, 5
B-4000 Liège
BELGIUM
Tél : +32 366 22 31
e-mail : fperee@ulg.ac.be |
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