2020-2021 / STAT0420-1

Biostatistics 2

Duration

15h Th, 15h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in biomedicine (120 ECTS)2 crédits 
 Master in motor sciences (120 ECTS)4 crédits 
 Specialised master in nuclear medicine2 crédits 

Lecturer

Anne-Françoise Donneau

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

This course is the second part of the teaching of Biostatistics at the Faculty of Medicine. It addresses more advanced statistical methods, such as one-way and two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), contingency tables,  non-parametric statistical techniques, survival analysis, sampling method and principal components analysis.
Each lesson consists of a theoretical exposition of the method followed by a session of practical applications with R software, where the student will get used to solve statistical problems encountered in daily practice.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The course is intended to improve and enhance the use of biostatistics in health sciences, by insisting on statistical reasoning and problem solving rather than on the mathematics and the complexity of formula. Students should be able to carry out an in-depth statistical analysis of a dataset resulting from an experiment or a survey, in particular with respect to the thesis they will prepare later on in their cursus.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Prerequisite: STAT1001-1 or some equivalent statistical course.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Total: 15 hours
In statistics, practice is most important. Students are therefore requested to attend the practicals. 

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

 All courses will take place at Salle informatique Lapière (CHU, B36) during the first four months.
Hybrid learning.

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Recommended or required readings

Slides and databases will be available to the students

Textbook P. Dagnelie. Statistique Théorique et Appliquée. De Boeck Université, Bruxelles, 1999. D. Schwartz. Le jeu de la science et du hasard. La statistique et le vivant. Flammarion, Paris, 1994. D.G. Altman. Practical statistics for medical research. Chapman & Hall, London, 2000.

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- Remote

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

A written test online with eCampus will take place in January and last about 3hours. 

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

* Anne-Françoise DONNEAU (Professor), Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate, 13 - Bât 23, 4000 Liège - Belgique. Tél: 04-366.47.90 Email: afdonneau@uliege.be 

* Assistant : Justine MONSEUR, Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate, 13 - Bât 23, 4000 Liège - Belgique - Tél: 04-366.24.67 - Email:jmonseur@uliege.be