5 credits
30.0 h + 30.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Vanwambeke Sophie;
Language
French
Prerequisites
The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
The course covers the most usual statistical techniques used in geography:
regression analysis;
factor analysis;
clustering;
discrete data analysis;
spatial statistics.
Assignments lead to a basic knowledge of a statistical software (SAS).
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | To introduce the principal statistical methods used in geography. To be able to use them in practice: choice of the method according to nature of the problem, implementation on a computer, interpretation and communication of the results; To be able to understand the statistical aspects most frequently met in the geographical literature. |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Faculty or entity
GEOG
