Continuous education programmes

The B-STAT Centre provides documentation and training for researchers.

Our current training catalogue :

Our online trainings

• Reminder of basic statistics using the R software and its package Rcmdr : be able to carry out descriptive statistical analyses, apply basic hypothesis tests and interpret the results obtained using the R software via its Rcmdr interface. 
• Reminder of basics statistics using the R software and its interface RStudio: be able to carry out descriptive statistical analyses, apply basic hypothesis tests and interpret the results obtained using the R sosftware and its RStudio interface.

Our face-to-face trainings

• Database mining and graphs with the R package ggplot2 : be able to explore a database, manipulate it and summarise the information it contains using various parameters and graphics in the ggplot2 package.
• Linear models and application with the R software and its interfaces Rcmdr and/or RStudio : be able to perform and interpret different linear, simple and multiple models.

Our methodological supports

• Preparation of a datafile for statistical analysis : to learn more about the elements needed to correctly create a database in Excel.
• Interpretation of survival analysis : learn to read and correctly interpret a survival curve and its associated statistical results. 
• Diagnostic values of a test and ROC curve : learn to read and correctly interpret the diagnostic values of a test as well as the concepts of ROC curve and area under the curve (AUC).

Our training courses in partnership with external researchers:

• Agreement measures : be able to plan a reliability, agreement and validity study, choose the most appropriate measure(s) to summarise the results according to their study design and interpret these. This training was given by Dr Sophie Vanbelle (Care and Public Health Research Institute, Department Methodology & Statistics, Maastricht University).

• Sample size calculation : This training was given in 2022 and 2024 by various speakers with the following objectives 
  • be able to determine a sample size in specific cases. This training was given by Prof. Gerard van Breukelen, Professor of Methodology & Statistics (Department Methodology & Statistics, Faculty of Psychology & Neuroscience and Faculty of Health, Medicine & Life Sciences, Maastricht University).
  • be able to determine a sample size in simple cases such as the comparison of matched and non-matched groups and correlation. This training was given by Prof. Ezio Tirelli, Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Psychology, Logopedics and Educational Sciences, Department of Psychology, ULiège in January 2024.

Themes in preparation and soon in our catalogue  :

• coming soon