2017-2018 / STAT0002-2

Descriptive Statistics

Duration

20h Th, 10h Pr

Number of credits

 Bachelor in law4 crédits 
 Bachelor in political sciences : general3 crédits 
 Master in political sciences : general (120 ECTS)3 crédits 
 Master in political sciences : general (120 ECTS) (CATANE (OUT))3 crédits 
 Master in political sciences : general (120 ECTS) (en Science, Technologie et Société (STS))3 crédits 
 Master in political sciences : general (60 ECTS)3 crédits 
 Bachelor in human and social sciences6 crédits 
 Bachelor in sociology and anthropology6 crédits 
 Master in labour sciences (120 ECTS) (en alternance)6 crédits 
 Master in population and development studies (120 ECTS)6 crédits 
 Master in labour sciences (120 ECTS)6 crédits 
 Master in labour sciences (60 ECTS)6 crédits 
 Bachelor in information and communication5 crédits 

Lecturer

Philippe Lambert

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course consists of about ten theoretical lectures related to descriptive statistics. The graphical and numerical tools summarizing the information available in univariate data are first described. Elementary strategies enabling to quantify and to represent graphically the association between several variables are also studied. Finally, survey sampling is tackled with the main probabilist survey plans. Estimation of means and proportions are tackled in that framework.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

To understand and to be able to use the basic tools in descriptive statistics ; to study the statistical bases of survey sampling for the estimation of means and proportions in such a framework.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Six practicals will be organized to help the students to solve the different types of exercises illustrating the theoretical lectures. For each session, training tests will be made available through the e-campus platform in addition to the exercises to be pepared.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

The theoretical lectures and the practicals will take place during the 1st semester on a weekly basis.

Recommended or required readings

The slides used during the course will be made available.

Assessment methods and criteria

A written test will be organised during the exam sessions of January and August-September. 

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Attending the theoretical lectures is compulsory: it is a necessary condition to access the practicals.

Contacts

Philippe LAMBERT, Faculté des sciences sociales, Bât B31, local R.54, tél: 04/366.59.90, email: p.lambert@ulg.ac.be

Items online

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