2021-2022 / ENVT0055-1

Methodology and sampling

Duration

24h Th, 12h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in environmental science and management (120 ECTS)3 crédits 
 Master in environmental science and management (60 ECTS)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Anne-Claude Romain

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

  Principles, steps, terms of data collection in the environment, so as to be able to build an instrumentation plan.
Part One: 1. 1. Different stages of the instrumentation plan
- definition of the problem and objectives - choice of measured parameters, a parametric sensitivity study - choice of measurement methods: (description of some typical methods - choice of collection instruments according to various characteristics - metrology (error, resolution, reproducibility, ...) - sampling techniques - placement of measuring instruments - constraints of field measurement - units and scales in the environment   2 Transversal concepts of integrative indices and aggregation of several variables   Part Two: Sampling in the Environment   3 Sampling Issue   4 Theoretical bases: statistical elements, different sampling plans, sampling error, replicas, ...   5 Sampling vocabulary   6 Declination of sampling planes in space and time

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Ability to build an instrumental-sampling plan for environmental metrology

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

fundamental of statistics

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

lectures ex cathedra and exercises

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

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

face to face

Recommended or required readings

slides
Recommended : reference books on unvertainty calcualation, metrology

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Written work / report


Additional information:

homework report (with oral talk) : instrumentation-sampling plan on a subject determined by the student

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

On e-campus  

  • course material
  • documentation
  • and organizational remarks

Contacts

Anne-Claude ROMAIN Département des Sciences et Gestion de l'Environnement Université de Liège-Campus d'Arlon Avenue de Longwy, 185 B-6700 ARLON Belgium Tel: 32 (0) 63 23 08 59 Fax: 32 (0)63 23 08 00 acromain@uliege.be
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