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Stigmatization of and discrimination against people who are HIV positive, or have AIDS – a female perspective in Zwartwater, Eastern Cape Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
The aim of this study is to investigate the perceived stigmatization of and
discrimination against people who are HIV positive or people who are living with
AIDS. One questionnaire was used to collect qualitative and ...
Parametric deconvolution for a common heteroscedastic case
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
There exists an extensive statistics literature dealing with non-parametric deconvolution, the estimation of the underlying population probability density when sample values are subject to measurement errors. In parametric ...
Profiling the French community in the Western Cape, South Africa : evidences from an innovative survey
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
In South Africa, demographics consequently play a prominent role in public policy and the country (rainbow nation) or often called a World in One Country, provide interesting interactions between the whites, coloured and ...
Examining long-run relationships of the BRICS stock market indices to identify opportunities for implementation of statistical arbitrage strategies
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Purpose:This research investigates the existence of long-term equilibrium relationships among the stock market indices of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). It further investigates cointegrated stock ...
The correlate between fertility and landholding among rural women in kenya: a multivariate analysis
(University of the Western Cape, 2013-05)
The present study is an understanding of the relationship that exists between landholding and
the reproductive behaviour of rural women in Kenya. Traditional women have rights to
cultivate land as well as control income ...
Using a weighted bootstrap approach to identify risk factors associated with the sexual activity of entering first-year students at UWC
(2013)
This thesis looks at the effect that the introduction of various techniques
(weighting, bootstrapping and variable selection) has on the accuracy of the
modelling process when using logistic regression. The data used in ...
The statistical theory underlying human genetic linkage analysis based on quantitative data from extended families
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Traditionally in human genetic linkage analysis, extended families were only used in the analysis of dichotomous traits, such as Disease/No Disease. For quantitative traits, analyses initially focused on data from family ...
Migratory trajectories among street vendors in urban South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
This study investigates ways in which migratory trajectories relate to the gradual insertion and eventual integration of immigrants. It therefore shows the contribution of social capital in the migration and insertion into ...
The statistical analysis of complex sampling data
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Most standard statistical techniques illustrated in text books assume that the data are collected from a simple random sample (SRS) and hence are independently and identically distributed (i.i.d.). In reality, data are ...
The socio-economic characteristics and Implications of youth unemployment in Galeshewe Township in the Kimberley area (Northern Cape Province)
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The objective of this study was to investigate some socio-demographic aspects and implications of youth unemployment in Galeshewe Township. The study makes use of descriptive statistics to analyze and interpret data collected ...