Duration
40h Th, 10h Pr, 16h Mon. WS
Number of credits
| Bachelor in veterinary medicine | 7 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 integrates some computer basics (use of a spreadsheet and of a statistical software), a mathematics refresher (basic functions, trigonometry, derivatives and simple integrals) and an introduction to biostatistics. The latter includes an introduction to random variables and probabilities. Then the course turns to descriptive statistics and to probability distributions, before starting a general description of hypotheses testing (illustrated on frequencies comparisons tests).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The main objectives of the course are:
- to make the students familiar to the use of computers softwares.
- to refresh the basics in mathematics and calculus.
- to explain the statistical reasoning.
- to introduce the notion of statistical hypothesis testing, and to provide numerous examples in biology.
- to list a series of useful techniques, especially the ones mainly used in experiments likely to be made by veterinarians.
- to allow the students to use the theory on practical examples extracted from the veterinary life.
- to open the view of the students for the situations not covered in the course.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Basics in mathematics
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- 40 hours of theory lectures
- 10 hours of math exercises (5*2 hours)
- 6 hours of biostatistics exercises (3*2 hours)
- 10 hours of computer sessions on biostatistics (5*2 hours) using excel and R
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Additional information:
2 hours lectures are given every week (except in the first weeks where more lectures might take place). The course will be given during the first semester.
Practical sessions will be planned on a 2 hours by session basis. The schedule will be distributed to the students.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Biostatistics book sold at the Editions of ULg
Math exercises book sold at the Editions de l'ULg
Slides of the lectures available on the web site
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
Continuous assessment
Out-of-session test(s)
Additional information:
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
The final grade will be a mean over:
- an evaluation taking place at the end of the math practical sessions
- an evaluation of the biostatistics skills
- an evaluation of the practical sessions know-how.
The final grade is a weighted geometric mean of the math, stat and practicals, with respective weights 0.25, 0.50 and 0.25, rounded to the nearest integer.
For global notes < 10/20, partial exemptions can be awarded for partial notes >= 10/20. For partial notes >= 12/20, the exemptions can be kept for the next year if necessary.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
For the theoretical sessions, all students are expected to attend the courses.
For the supervised work, students are split into 2 groups, and the same session is repeated for each group (so, 2 times). These sessions are mandatory.
For the practical sessions, students are split into 6 groups, and the same session is repeated for each group (so, 6 times). The sessions are optional. Students taking part to sessions should be enrolled and could benefit from "bonus" points (see "evaluation").
The group allocation is managed by the faculty administrative staff, and will be communicated to the students in due time.
Contacts
Prof. F. Farnir
E-mail : F.Farnir@uliege.be
Tél : 04/366 41 28, Fax : 04/366 41 22
Dr. A. Rives
E-mail: Albane.Rives@uliege.be
Secretary : 04/366 41 50, Fax : 04/366 41 22
Association of one or more MOOCs
Items online
Course website
This site contains all materail supporting the course (slides, exercises, corrected exams, ...) along with other tools such as an interactive multiple choice generator.