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Quantitative Methods II

Méthodes quantitatives II : statistiques inférentielles

Responsible Faculty: Faculty of Geosciences and Environment (FGSE)

Teacher(s): François Bavaud

Validity: 2014 ->

Course Timetable (Weekly)

Date Location Notice Topics Lecturer(s)
2021/2022 : Thursday 12:15-13:00 (Weekly) Anthropole/1129    
Anthropole/1129 - Except | 02.06.2022

Practical work

Spring semester
13 hours per semester
Weekly
Teaching language(s): French
Public: No
Credits: 3

Objective

theoretical objectives: basics in descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as quantitative epistemology

practical objectives: numerical and graphical summaries of data; practice of hypothesis testing

Content

The course (2h weekly, plus an additional 1h exercises) is a conceptual and practical introduction to Quantitative Methods. It adresses the basics of descriptive and inferential Statistics, with special emphasis on relationships among three variables, as well as on the concept of entropy and related quantities.

Evaluation

2 compulsory written tests, each semester

Bibliography

Documents de cours sur le site moodle associé

Programme requirements

Quantitative Methods I (or equivalent)

Additional information

https://moodle.unil.ch/course/view.php?id=14132

Use contextFaculty codeStatusCredits
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Geosciences and Environment, First year (2018 -> 2021) ›› M3 - Foundational module for environmental sciences/studiesCompulsory0.00
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Geosciences and Environment, First year (2018 -> 2021) ›› M3 - Foundational module for geographyCompulsory0.00
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Geosciences and Environment, First year (2018 -> 2021) ›› M3 - Foundational module for geologyCompulsory0.00
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Geosciences and Environment, First year (2019 ->) ›› M3 - Module in foundational methodsCompulsory0.00
Complément de formation en géographie, MA (2012 ->) ›› Complément de formation en géographie, MAOptional0.00
Pr MA biogéosciences (2013 ->) ›› Pr MA biogéosciencesOptional3.00
Pr MA géographie (2006 ->) ›› Pr MA géographieOptional0.00
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