Probability Theory and Statistics

6 ECTS credits
155 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1017594BNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences

Department

Bio-Engineering Sciences

Educational team

Dominique Maes (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
13 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

This course is a practical course.
The aim of this course is to familiarize the student with elementary statistical techniques, frequently used in scientific experiments.

Descriptive statistics
Elementary probability theory
Probability distributions
Central limit theorem
Parameter estimation, Confidence intervals and statistical tests (t-, F, chisquare, ..)
Linear regression and least squares

WPO
Written exercices and exercices using the statistical software SPSS.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Nota's zullen beschikbaar zijn op het teleleerplatform
Practical course material (Recommended) : Alle boeken met een inleiding tot de statistiek

Additional info

Written notes will be available.

Complementary study material:
any book on introductory statistics

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The student must be able to apply and understand elementary statistical techniques. He must be able to interprete the results. He must be able to use a statistical software package.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 90% of the final mark.
LEC Practical Assignment determines 10% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Schriftelijk examen with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 90% of the final mark.

Note: written exam on theory and exercises.

Within the LEC Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Asignment in SPSS with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 10% of the final mark.

Note: Asignment in SPSS

Additional info regarding evaluation

Theory: oral with written preparation
Exercices: written

The weights of the different parta are:
- theory (45%), exercices (45%), asignment (10%)

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context