2018-2019 / BIOL0856-1

Experimental designs and data processing in ethology

Duration

20h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in biology of organisms and ecology (120 ECTS)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Alain Hambuckers

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course comprises 6 half-days devoted to the statistical analysis of experimental data collected in the framework of experiments in ethology or eco-ethology.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Select and apply suitable statistical tests with datasets commonly produced in ethological studies

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

To master the notions of the courses of basic and multivariate statistics

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Tutorial classes in R

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

Face-to face and mandatory

Recommended or required readings

Assessment methods and criteria

Analyze of a typical dataset

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

It is easier to bring her/his own computer with R and R-Studio installed

Contacts

Alain HAMBUCKERS - alain.hambuckers@uliege.be - Tel. +3243665072
Institut de Zoologie (Bät I1), Quai Van Beneden 22, 4020 Liège