Probabilités et statistiques

Part 1 : Probability Introduction to the basics of probability measure, random variables, independance, correlation. Part 2 : Statistics Introduction to estimators, confidence intervals and tests of hypothesis, for a proportion, a mean, a variance, the comparison of two proportions or means. Chi-square tests of adjustment, homogeneity and independance. Linear regression. ANOVA with one or two factors.

Goal : to teach the students the foundations of the statistical methods that they will use to analyse data.

Required and corequired courses

Cours ayant celui-ci comme co-requis

Teaching Method : ex-cathedra courses with lots of exampples presented in the domains of the students. Exercices sessions where the students analyse problems.

Contribution to the teaching profile

The course is taught in French, so please see the french version for details or send an email to tverdebo@ulb.ac.be if you need more details in English.

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

Biblio : lecture notes available for students.

"Eléments de Statistique". C. Dehon , J.-J. Droesbeke , C. Vermandele, édité par l'Université Libre de Bruxelles et Ellipses.

Contacts

Thomas Verdebout. Email: tverdebo@ulb.ac.be

Method(s) of evaluation

• Other

Other

Assessment : written exam in January in two parts: one more theoretical, one with problems to solve