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Throughput of UWC students who did at least one semester of third-year statistics
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This study explored the completion rates (the number of years a student takes to complete a degree) of graduates at the University of the Western Cape. Differences between students who finished their studies in the prescribed ...
The AIDS transition: impact of HIV/AIDS on the demographic transition of black/African South Africans by 2021
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)
The first two official AIDS cases were diagnosed in South Africa in 1982. During the same period of the 1980s, the black/African population was experiencing an accelerated fertility decline, following a period of accelerated ...
Quantified assessment to enhance student learning in the sciences at UWC
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This project discusses whether the British prototype questionnaire called the Assessment Experience Questionnaire (AEQ) could be standardized as a quantifier of assessment and be used at a multicultural institute such as ...
Trends and determinants of contraceptive prevalence in Namibia: from the 90s to the new millenium
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
Contraception is said to be one of the vital determinants of fertility (Bongaarts, 1978). African nations, especially those in sub-Saharan Africa have a history of high fertility levels and low contraceptive use. However, ...
Fitting extreme value distributions to the Zambezi River flood water levels recorded at Katima Mulilo in Namibia (1965-2003)
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This study sought to identify and fit the appropriate extreme value distribution to
flood data, using the method of maximum likelihood. To examine the uncertainty of
the estimated parameters and evaluate the goodness of ...
The AIDS transition: Impact of HIV/ AIDS on the demographic transition of black/ African South Africans by 2021
(University of Western Cape, 2004)
The first two official AIDS cases were diagnosed in South Africa in 1982. During the same
period of the 1980s, the black/ African population was experiencing an accelerated fertility
decline, following a period of ...
Religion, education and child immunization in Ethiopia
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This study examines the relationship between immunization status of children and
religion before and after controlling for other factors such as maternal education in
Ethiopia, a country characterized by highest mortality ...
Assessing the high-risk behaviour of first year students entering the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
Globally, new HIV infections are heavily concentrated among the youth, i.e., persons aged 15-24 years old (UNAIDS, 2006b). In South Africa, the estimated national HIV prevalence was 10.4% among the youth in 2006 (Dorrington ...
An investigation into the methodologies of value-at -risk and a simulation process of a portfolio of financial instruments.
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)
Financial companies such as investment and commercial banks as well as insurance companies, mutual and pension funds hold assets in the form of financial instruments in portfolios. Nowadays, financial instruments have ...
Power studies of multivariate two-sample tests of comparison
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
The multivariate two-sample tests provide a means to test the match between two multivariate distributions. Although many tests exist in the literature, relatively little is known about the relative power of these procedures. ...