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Master of StatisticsOne-year reduced track
Quantitative Analysis in the Social Sciences
(QASS)
2018-2019
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Welcome! You’ve made a good choice !
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QASS track
Quantitative Analysis in the Social Sciences (QASS)
• Reduced track (60 ECTS) within MSc in Statistics (120 ECTS)
• 1 year
• Predominantly evening/weekend programme
• Separate admission procedure
• Admission requirements: Master diploma or 4-year Bachelor diploma
Structure of QASS?
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Compulsory courses (26 ECTS):
•From Problem to analysis
•Sampling Theory
•Survey methodology
•Multilevel analysis
• Loglinear analysis, latent class and logistic
regression
Electives (12 ECTS)
•Concepts of multilevel, longitudinal and
mixed models
•Structural equations
•Event History Analysis
•Official statistics
•One course from Master of Statistics (to be
approved)
•Capita Selecta in Statistics (NEW)
Master thesis (22 ECTS)
Quantitative analysis in social sciences (QASS)
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Compulsory courses: (26 ECTS)
Semester 1 (12 ECTS)
• From Problem to Analysis
(6 ECTS)
• Log Linear Analysis, Latent Class
Analysis and Logistic Regression
(6 ECTS)
Semester 2 (14 ECTS)
• Sampling Theory
(4 ECTS)
• Survey Methodology
(4 ECTS)
• Multilevel Analysis
(6 ECTS)
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Electives ( 12 ECTS)
1st semester
• Event History Analysis (6 ECTS)
• Official Statistics (4 ECTS)
• Select courses for at least 12 ECTS from
2nd semester
• Concepts of Multilevel, Longitudinal and Mixed
Models (4 ECTS)
• Capita Selecta (New, 4 ECTS)
• Structural Equations (6 ECTS) (R is used,
contact An Carbonez if interested in R course
notes + weblectures)
• One course from the Master of Statistics (contact Prof. M. Swyngedouw for approval)
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NEW Capita selecta : Big Data for Social Scientists
• Collect data from internet
• Analyse data using supervised learning
• Analyse data using unsupervised learning
• Link machine learning methods to relevant
social science questions
With the use of Python
Prof. Neal Caren, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
• 4 ECTS
• 2nd semester
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All students need to follow Ethics session
One session on ‘Ethical Aspects of Statistical Consulting’ will be organised in the
Spring 2019. This is mandatory for all students. (Prof. G. Molenberghs)
Thursday, February 28, 2019, 9.00-11.30
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Master thesis (22 ECTS)
Procedure:
1. Write a thesis proposal . Hand in by 1 November.
2. Approval of thesis topic and allocation of promoter(s) by 15 November.
3. Intermediate presentation (mid March)
4. Submit thesis (June 1st)
5. Defense of thesis (end of June)
New Milestones Tool for project from 2018 onwards!
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Master thesis (22 ECTS)
New Milestones tool in Toledo (Pilot project of KU Leuven)
Extra session on Milestones Master thesis will be organised at the end of October
2018!
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Master thesis (22 ECTS): Thesis presentation
Regular students: June session or September session
There is a session in January but only for those students who have
followed the intermediate thesis defense the (academic) year before and
...
under the condition that only (and maximum) two courses of the first
semester are fulfilled/passed by then. If you want to graduate in January,
you have to submit a request via this link.
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NEW Library session: Identify & locate resources
• Good search strategy
• LIMO
• Web of Science
• Reference Manager
Be there!
Dates (you only have to follow 1 session):
• Monday, October 1st : 4 – 6 pm
• Monday, October 8th: 2 – 4 pm
• Friday, October 12th: 10.30-12.30 am
Location:
De Le Ville, Arenberg Library, W. De Croylaan
6, Heverlee
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Exchange Program with UNL
• UNL = University of Nebraska Lincoln
• For successful students QASS
• Survey research and Methodology Program (SRAM)
• UNL-responsible professor: Prof. Dr. Larry Williams
• KU Leuven: Marc Swyngedouw
• Second semester of academic year
• Exchange programme to be accepted by KU Leuven programme director QASS
and profile responsible QASS : Molenberghs & Swyngedouw
• No entrance fee to be paid
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Exchange Program with UNL
• Travel cost + cost of stay + … for participating student
• Application procedure:
For full-time one year students
Directly after module 1: exam paper
For part-time students
Second year
Send email expressing interest to Prof. Marc Swyngedouw
Will receive detailed info
Make proposal for study program at UNL
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Individual Study Program (ISP)
1. Application available from 6 September onwards.
2. Select courses that you intend to follow this year (2018-2019) (Toledo !) Usually between 54 and 66
ECTS.
3. Indicate the track/profile that you choose !
4. Make sure there are no clashes in the individual exam schedule (IER) of the courses that you
select.
5. (Apply for possible exemptions )
6. Submit your ISP by October 10th.
Web application in KU Loket( see http://www.kuleuven.be/english/education/studyroute/isp)
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Example: ISP for QASS student, compulsory
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Example: ISP for QASS student
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Individual Exam Schedule (IES/IER)
Remark :
For oral exams (and master thesis defense), professors can make schedule with
individual time slots (do not rely on generic times)! Be aware that the date mentioned
in IER is subject to individual planning (for oral exams)!
From now :
Individual exam schedules are available for the courses from your phase.
More information:
http://icts.kuleuven.be/docs/at/cm/ve/manual.
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Remarks on ISP
In case you want to
• Apply for credit contract
• Ask for an exemption
• Interuniversity student
• Permission to graduate in January
See https://wet.kuleuven.be/english/request-forms for request and
permission forms.
• Once you have submitted the ISP, you cannot make any changes yourself!!
• Approval before November 15th
• Changes for 2nd semester can be made at the beginning of the 2nd semester
If you have problems with the ISP, please come to the ISP open office hour of An
Carbonez on October 4 (9.00-11.00), Celestijnenlaan 200 B, 02.08
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Exam regulations
Take a look at :
https://www.kuleuven.be/education/regulations/2018/
Implementation is very strict!!
Article 81. Criteria for succeeding in a master programme (Paragraph 2)
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Exam regulation: Successfull completion of a master’s programme
Students pass a Master's programme
a) pass all courses of the programme (at least 10/20);
b)
• they obtain for the programme as a whole 68%;
• and
- they obtain only one fail mark of 9/20 for a course in the academic year they
graduate (not the Master thesis or internship).
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Exam regulation: Exam periods
• 1st exam period: January 2019 (for 1st semester courses)
• 2nd exam period: June 2019 (for 2nd semester courses)
For courses failed in January and/or June there is
• 3rd exam period : August-September 2019
You have to register for this 3rd exam period (see
https://www.kuleuven.be/english/education/student/examinations/third-exam-
period )
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Exam regulation: Refusal of registration (Blocking)
For every course, you have 2 years (credit contract ) or 3 years (diploma
contract) to pass that course.
Otherwise: refusal of registration for 5 year for all courses leading to this
degree.
https://www.kuleuven.be/english/education/student/studyprogress/Refusalregistr
ation/refusalexamopportunities
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Exam regulations: Do not commit plagiarism
Plagiarism is any identical or lightly-altered use of one's own or someone else’s
work (ideas, texts, structures, images, plans, etc.) without adequate reference to
the source.
http://www.kuleuven.be/plagiarism/avoidance.html
KU Leuven has a tool for plagiarism detection: every master thesis is checked by
Turnitin
Learn to use appropriate citation!
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Plagiarism appears in different ways
• The literal or near-literal use of someone else’s text(s) (or parts of these)
irrespective of the source (including digital sources, whether or not through
the internet) without indicating a citation (for example, through quotation
marks) and / or without adequate reference to the source
• Copying images, diagrams, graphics, figures, sound or image fragments,
etc., without adequate reference to the source
• Paraphrasing someone else’s arguments without adequate reference to
the source
• Translating texts without adequate reference to the source
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Plagiarism
Plagiarism damages the quality of a paper and thus can be interpreted as fraud.
Other forms of fraud lean towards plagiarism and are just as intolerable, such as:
• Commissioning or having papers revised (whether or not for pay), and
passing this off as one’s own work
• The re-use of one’s own work and passing it off as a new paper
• Simulating or falsifying research data
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Ombuds person 2018-2019
Martial Luyts
Location:
L-Biostat (second floor),
Kapucijnenvoer 35,
3000 Leuven
E-mail: [email protected]
Tasks: Contact the ombuds prior to any exam(s) for
which you want to withdraw from, reschedule for,...
1. Rescheduling an exam
2. Withdrawing from (an) exam(s) and/or paper(s)
3. Mediating between students and professors
4. Support and referral
5. Information of the examination regulations
6. Spread of examinations
7. Alternative examination arrangements
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Questions from former students
1. Dear Martial, I would like reschedule my exam of
“Advanced Time Series” due to sickness. Attached
you can find the attest of the doctor. Is this possible?
2. Hi Martial, I just received a full-time contract and this
starts on the 22nd of August. However, I still have one
exam to pass, which is scheduled on the 25th of
August. Is it possible to reschedule the exam before
the 22nd of August?
3. Hi Martial, I would like to reschedule my exam of
“Support Vector Machines”. I booked a travelling
ticket and will return to Belgium on the 16th of August.
However, the exam is scheduled on the 11th of
August, which is not in the official exam period of the
faculty of Science. Can I reschedule my exam to a
later date?
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In case of doubt
YOU CAN ALWAYS CONTACT THE OMBUDS,
SO DON’T BE AFRAID TO ASK QUESTIONS!!
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POC (Permanent Educational Committee)
Meets 2-3 times a year
Members:
• Programme director
• Programme coordinator
• Representatives from all 6 specialisations + QASS
• Ombudsperson (Martial Luyts)
• 6 student representatives (From 1st phase (2), from 2nd phase (2) and from
QASS(2))
Are you interested to take part ? Let us know
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Information & contact
• Our website:
http://lstat.kuleuven.be/masterBologna/Statistics-welcome
• Jobs: http://lstat.kuleuven.be/jobs/Jobopportunities
Program Director:
Prof. G. Molenberghs
QASS Responsible
Prof. M. Swyngedouw
Program Coordinator:
Prof. A. Carbonez
Administrative Support :
Eveline Declercq
Ombuds person:
Martial Luyts
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KU Leuven Datathon is fun !
Save the date:
February 23, 2019
• datamining competition at KU Leuven
• Students work in team
• Prizes to win
• Participation is free
See http://datathon.cs.kuleuven.be/
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Glad you’ve joined our group !