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STAT-S101

Statistique descriptive et éléments de probabilités

academic year
2025-2026

Course teacher(s)

Catherine Dehon (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

  • Introduction to statistics

  • Descriptive statistics : one variable

  • Probability theory

  • Descriptive statistics : bivariate variable

  • Time series forecasting

  • Discrete random variables

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

See the objectives in French

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Required and Corequired knowledge and skills

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Courses requiring this course

Teaching methods and learning activities

  • Theory : 24h ex-cathedra class

  • Exercises: 24h exercices in small group

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

  • Dehon, C., Droesbeke J.-J. et Vermandele (2008), Eléments de statistique, Bruxelles, Editions de L'Unviversité de Bruxelles.

  • Anderson D., Sweeney D., Williams T. (2001), Statistiques pour l'économie et la gestion, Bruxelles, De Boeck Université.

  • Dagnelie P. (1998), Statistique théorique et appliquée. Tome 1: Statistique descriptive et bases de l'inférence statistique, Bruxelles, De Boeck Université.

Course notes

  • Syllabus
  • Université virtuelle
  • Podcast

Contribution to the teaching profile

This course contributes to the development of the following skills :

  • Use data mining and management techniques as well as financial modeling to develop decision, evaluation or management tools

Other information

Contacts

Q1 : Maxime Boucher 
maxime.boucher@ulb.be
et Davy Paindaveine 
davy.paindaveine@ulb.be

Q2 : Catherine Dehon
catherine.dehon@ulb.be

Campus

Solbosch

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • written examination

written examination

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Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

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Language(s) of evaluation

  • french

Programmes