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| STAT1750-1 | Multivariate statistical analysis
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| Duration : | 10h Th, 10h Pr |
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| Number of credits : |
| Master in Biomedicine, Research Focus, 2nd year | | 1 |
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| Master in Biomedicine, Professional Focus in Quality Assurance, 2nd year | | 1 |
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| Master in Biomedicine, Professional Focus in focus in cosmetology, 2nd year | | 1 |
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| Master in Public Health, Professional Focus in Epidemology, 2nd year | | 3 |
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| Certificat d'université en épidémiologie clinique et en économie de la santé | | 3 |
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| Master in Bio-informatics and Modelling, Research focus, 2nd year | | 2 |
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| Lecturer : | Adelin Albert, Nadia Dardenne |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English 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 is a general introduction to the descriptive methods and tests used in multivariate analysis, i.e. the study of several variables simultaneously. The course entails the following chapters:
- Short review of matrix calculus
- Graphical display of multivariate data
- Mean vector and dispersion matrix
- Principal component analysis
- Multiple regression and correlation
- Logistic and ordinal regression
- Survival curves and Cox regression
- Discriminant analysis
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The course is an introduction to the methods of multivariate data analysis. At the end of the course, the student should have the ability of defining a multivariate problem, analysing the data and interpreting the results. He/she should also be able to understand the use of multivariate methods in the scientific literature. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| A good knowledge of univariate statistical methods. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The practical sessions consist in analysing mulltivariate datasets by means of the statistical package Statistica. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Each course consists of 1h30 of theory and 1h of exercises with Statistica. One lecture will be dedicated to Statistica (the corresponding manual has also to be acquired for 10 EUR). The homeworks can be completed at home by the student. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Students will have to buy the lecture notes "Multivariate statistical analysis", A. Albert, edition 2011" at the "Presses Universitaires de Liège" for 15 EUR. 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 multivariate statistics in subsequent years, in particular for the final project.
Textbooks are:
- Multivariate statistical methods. D. Morrison, Mc Graw-Hill,Auckland, 1986
- Introduction to multivariate analysis. C. Chatfield et A.J. Collins, Chapman and Hall. ed, London, 1980 |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written examination. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The course will normally take place on Wednesday afternoon of the first quadrimester in the auditoria of the University hospital (CHU). Please make sure to chek the name of lecture room before the course starts because it could change from one lecture to another. |
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Contacts :
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| Enseignant
Adelin ALBERT (Professeur ordinaire émérite), 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
Secrétaire
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
Teaching assistant
Nadia DARDENNE, Département des Sciences de la Santé Publique (DSSP) - Tél: 04-366.33.40 - Email: ndardenne@ulg.ac.be
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