Study Programmes 2016-2017
| STAT0160-1 | ||||||||
| Introduction to statistics applied to medicine | ||||||||
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Duration :
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| 15h Th, 15h Pr | ||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Nadia Dardenne, Anne-Françoise Donneau | ||||||||
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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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| All year long, with partial in January | ||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||||||||
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Learning unit contents :
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| The course starts with an introduction to descriptive statistics, outlining methods to summarise data graphically (bar diagram, histogram, cumulative frequency distribution) or numerically (mean value, standard deviation, proportion, percentiles, median, range, correlation). Next, there is an introduction to sampling theory and probability theory which bridge descriptive statistics to inferential statistics (standard error, confidence interval). Finally, some of the major statistical tests are described including the use of statistical tables (Normal Z, Student t and chi-squared). | ||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
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| Statistics plays a major role in health sciences (medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, biomedical and motricity sciences). The course is intended to give students the basics of statistical thinking, reasoning and computing. Emphasis will be put on (1) data analysis, (2) planning of experiments and survey, (3) research, (4) critical reading of the scientific literature, and (5) the logic of scientific reasoning. Students should be able to carry out the statistical analysis of a dataset by means of a pocket calculator and give a proper interpretation of the results. | ||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| The mathematical background acquired in highschool and the course of physics should suffice to understand the course. | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| There will be 7 sessions of practicals (statistical exercises), with a duration of 2h each.
In statistics, practice is vital. Students are therefore requested to attend these sessions. Please take with you the lecture notes, a pocket calculator. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The lectures will be given each Friday of the first quadrimester from 11h00 to 13h00.
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Recommended or required readings :
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| slides will be available to the students
Textbook "Biostatistique", A. Albert, année académique 2011-2012 D.G. Altman. Practical statistics for medical research. Chapman & Hall, London, 2000. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| A written exam (closed book, only the form with equation is allowed) will take place in January. | ||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| No remark | ||||||||
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Contacts :
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