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Analysis and estimation of customer survival Time in subscription-based businesses
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
Subscription-based industries have seen a massive expansion in recent decades. In this type of industry the customer has to subscribe to be able to enjoy the service; there-fore, well-de ned start and end points of the ...
An Application of Multiple Regression in Exchange Rate Arrangements
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
This project "An application of multiple regression in exchange rate arrangement" focused on the processes followed by different countries when choosing an exchange rate regime for currency stabilization. It analyses the ...
Contraception and unmet-needs in Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
The first objective of this study is to show if diffusion of contraception in areas of traditional high fertility has gone through profound changes. Indeed, we would like to know if contraceptive behaviours have evolved ...
Participation of African immigrants in the labour force of South Africa: Insights from the 2001 population census
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
The study examines the participation of African immigrants in the South African labour force with the central question revolving around whether the immigrants create jobs through the establishment of their own businesses ...
Stochastic Volatility Models for Contingent Claim Pricing and Hedging
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
The present mini-thesis seeks to explore and investigate the mathematical theory and concepts that underpins the valuation of derivative securities, particularly European plainvanilla options. The main argument that we ...
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. ...
Teaching logarithmic inequalities using omnigraph
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
Over the last few years it became clear that the students struggle with the basic concepts of logarithms and inequalities, let alone logarithmic inequalities due to the lack of exposure of these concepts at high school. ...
Return flight: The exodus of professionals from South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
Research shows that more than 60 percent of South African born professionals, who graduated from South African universities, are leaving the country to work abroad in search of better working environments and financial ...
Location-based estimation of the autoregressive coefficient in ARX(1) models
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
In recent years, two estimators have been proposed to correct the bias exhibited by the leastsquares (LS) estimator of the lagged dependent variable (LDV) coefficient in dynamic regression models when the sample is finite. ...
Waiting to die: staging of HIV positive people at the first HIV test - Region A, Nelson Mandela Metropole (January 1991-April 2000)
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
This project suggested that HIV people in Region A (Nelson Mandela Metropole, formerly Port Elizabeth) health district of the Eastern Cape, seek HIV testing when they are already in stages three (late disease) and four ...