Browsing Magister Scientiae - MSc (Statistics and Population Studies) by Issue Date
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A matched case control study of the nutritional status of newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients and tuberculosis free contacts in Delft, Western Cape
(2011)Background: Malnutrition is a risk factor for the development of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and may be responsible for the premature deaths of patients with active disease. An adequate nutritional status may therefore be ... -
Fertility in Nigeria and Guinea : a comparative study of trends and determinants
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)The present study was conceived to examine the trend and factors affecting fertility in Nigeria and Guinea. Fertility has declined by about nineteen percent in Nigeria between 1982 and 1999. In the same period it has ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Understanding the factors related to subjective well-being in the TB population: The South African perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)Fifty percent of the world’s tuberculosis population is found in eight countries, one of which is South Africa. Of the eight countries, South Africa is said to be experiencing the highest burden of Tuberculosis, with an ... -
Development of a challenger price sensitivity model to improve Santam's new business optimisation framework
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Modelling risk factors related to the performance of two oceans half marathon runners between 2012 and 2015
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Limited literature is available on the effect of factors associated with the improvement in performance of Two Oceans Half Marathon (TOHM) runners. This study examined factors associated with the improvement in performance ... -
Assessing the effect of imbalance correction through oversampling in the prediction of injury prevalence in distance runners
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Prediction of injury prevalence in distance runners -
A clustering smart phone users based on the digimiter survey and mobile application data
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Digimiter Survey -
Investigation of telecommunication recommender systems for curated post-paid products
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Telecommunication recommender systems -
Female unemployment in South Africa: insight from the 2021 labour force survey.
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)The study focused on female unemployment and aimed to establish whether or not there is a relationship between female unemployment and demographic characteristics, whether the currently unemployed have ever worked or not, ...