2018-2019 / VETE2006-1

Biostatistics

Part 1

Part 2

Duration

Part 1 : 10h Th, 5h Pr
Part 2 : 10h Th, 15h Pr

Number of credits

 Specialised master in aquatic resources and aquaculture management3 crédits  

Lecturer

Part 1 : Frédéric Farnir
Part 2 : Eric Depiereux

Coordinator

Frédéric Farnir

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

Part 1

The first part is devoted to statistical basics (descriptive statistics, probabilities). Next, experimental and theoretical distributions are introduced (binomial, hypergeometric, Poisson, Gauss-Laplace, chi-square). Probabilistic aspects of hypotheses testing (type I error, type II error, power) are described, and contingency tables are used as an example of the statistical inference concepts.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Part 1

The main goal of this course is to help the students to have a statistical view of the problems they will face for their final year subject, and also in their future work. For that reason, the course is not formula or computations oriented, but more aimed at statistical reasoning, and problem solving.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

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

Part 1

The course is organised into lectures (3h00 each) and practical sessions on computers (2h30 each).

Recommended or required readings

Part 1

A copy of the course notes will be provided to the students.

Assessment methods and criteria

Part 1

The first part is evaluated in an 20 minutes oral exam in January. The second part is evaluated in a written exam also in January. The final score is obtained as the simple average of the two scores.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Part 1

Partim I
Prof. Frédéric Farnir E-mail : f.farnir@ulg.ac.be Tél : +32 (0)4 366 41 28, Fax : +32 (0)4 366 41 22 Secrétary Tél : +32 (0)4 366 41 50, Fax : +32 (0)4 366 41 22
Partim II
Pr. Dr. Eric Depiereux E-mail : eric.depiereux@fundp.ac.be Tél : +32 (0)81 72 44 15, Fax : +32 (0)81 72 44 20