2018-2019 / ENVT0048-1

Statistics applied to environment

Duration

18h Th, 18h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in agroecology (120 ECTS)3 crédits 
 Master in environmental science and management (120 ECTS)3 crédits 
 Specialised master in environmental management in developing countries2 crédits 

Lecturer

Catherine Timmermans

Substitute(s)

Laurent De Rudder

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 presents some elementary statistical methods for environment.
It presents the main steps of a statistical analysis, tools for descriptive statistics and methods of statistical inference (including point estimation, confidence intervals and tests).
 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

  • Understanding and using elementary statistical tools, including the use of a statistical software.
  • Understanding simple statistical results in context.
  • Understanding the scope of statistical studies
  • Having the needed vocabulary/background to be able to interact with a statistician

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

notions of mathematics

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures and exercices

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

face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

Course notes and exercises are available through MyULG.

Assessment methods and criteria

assessment during the examination session

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

  Catherine Timmermans Université de Liège Département de Mathématique Grande Traverse, 12, Sart Tilman, B-4000 Liège catherine.timmermans@ulg.ac.be