Browsing Magister Scientiae - MSc (Statistics and Population Studies) by Author "Blignaut, Renette"
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An application of factor analysis on a 24-item scale on the attitudes towards AIDS precautions using Pearson, Spearman and Polychoric correlation matrices
Abdalmajid, Mohammed Babekir Elmalik (University of the Western Cape, 2006)The 24-item scale has been used extensively to assess the attitudes towards AIDS precautions. This study investigated the usefulness and validity of the instrument in a South African setting, fourteen years after the ... -
Assessing the high-risk behaviour of first year students entering the University of the Western Cape
Abels, Melissa Dione (University of the Western Cape, 2007)The motivation of this study is to assess the high risk behaviors that contribute to the spread of HIV and AIDS among the youth. The most influential high risk behaviours that contribute to the spread of HIV and AIDS are ... -
Fitting extreme value distributions to the Zambezi river flood water levels recorded at Katima Mulilo in Namibia
Kamwi, Innocent Silibelo (University of the Western Cape, 2005)The aim of this research project was to estimate parameters for the distribution of annual maximum flood levels for the Zambezi River at Katima Mulilo. The estimation of parameters was done by using the maximum likelihood ... -
Perceived quality and utilisation of maternal health services in peri-urban, commercial farming, and rural areas in South Africa
Matizirofa, Lyness (University of the Western Cape, 2006)This investigation aimed to determine factors that influence women's utilisation of maternal health services, with specific focus on the quality of care and services available to disadvantaged communities in South Africa. ... -
Quantified assessment to enhance student learning in the sciences at UWC
Lombard, Ronell (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 ... -
The statistical theory underlying human genetic linkage analysis based on quantitative data from extended families
Galal, Ushma (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 ... -
Stigmatization of and discrimination against people who are HIV positive, or have AIDS – a female perspective in Zwartwater, Eastern Cape Province
Malgas, Khangela Frida (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 ... -
Teaching logarithmic inequalities using omnigraph
Basadien, Soraya. (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. ... -
Throughput of UWC students who did at least one semester of third-year statistics
Latief, Abduraghiem (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 ... -
Using a weighted bootstrap approach to identify risk factors associated with the sexual activity of entering first-year students at UWC
Brydon, Humphrey (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 ... -
Using factor analysis to determine why students select UWC as higher education institute
Osman, Abuelgasim Ahemd Atta-Almanan (University of the Western Cape, 2009)This study investigates the most important reasons behind the rst-year students' decision to select University of the Western Cape (UWC) as higher education institution. These reasons were organized into a few factors for ... -
Waiting to die: staging of HIV positive people at the first HIV test - Region A, Nelson Mandela Metropole (January 1991-April 2000)
Cupido, Ynoma (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 ...