Duration
15h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in biomedicine (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits | |||
| Master in nursing sciences | 2 crédits | |||
| Master in public health (120 ECTS) (Transitional programme) | 2 crédits | |||
| Master in public health (120 ECTS) (new programme) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course is a general introduction to the explicative methods used in multivariate analysis, i.e. the study of several variables simultaneously. The course will cover the following chapters:
- R/Rcmdr introduction
- Multiple regression
- Binary and ordinal logistic regression
- Survival curves and Cox regression
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The course is an introduction to the methods of multivariate data analysis. At the end of the course, the student should have the ability of defining a multivariate problem, analysing the data and interpreting the results. He/she should also be able to understand the use of multivariate methods in the scientific literature.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Prerequisite: STAT1001-1 et STAT0420-1 ou STAT730-2
A good knowledge of univariate statistical methods.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The practical sessions consist in analysing mulltivariate datasets by means of the statistical package R.
Please take with you your lecture notes and a PC with R/Rcmdr installed
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Each course consists of theory and exercises with R.The homeworks can be completed at home by the student with eCampus. Tutorials are available.
Recommended or required readings
Slides, exercices, tutorials and databases will be available for the students
Textbooks (notmandatory) are: - Multivariate statistical methods. D. Morrison, Mc Graw-Hill,Auckland, 1986 - Introduction to multivariate analysis. C. Chatfield et A.J. Collins, Chapman and Hall. ed, London, 1980
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Additional information:
Practice exam on computer with eCampus. It will take place in January and last about 2 hours.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The course will normally take place on Tuesday morning of the first quadrimester.
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 : Nadia DARDENNE, Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate, 13 - Bât 23, 4000 Liège - Belgique - Tél: 04-366.33.40 - Email:ndardenne@uliege.be