Statistical Modelling for the Survival of Hiv/aids Infected Patients Taking Antiretroviral Treatment in Ntcheu: a Retrospective Cohort Study

The Cox proportional Hazard model has been broadly used and most popular technique in survival analysis. Under certain situations parametric models may offer advantages over Cox proportional hazard model. In this study five parametric models and the Cox proportional hazard model were fitted. The main objective in this study was to compare the pe... Read more   

School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Research type: Master Thesis     Issue year: 2015

Author: Dzinza, Rabson Joseph Mangison Supervisor(s): Jimmy Namangale

Modelling Distribution of Under-five Child Diarrhoea Across Malawi

Analysis of diarrhoea data in Malawi has been commonly done using classical methods. However, of late new approaches, such as Bayesian methods, have been introduced in literature. This study aimed at trying out new statistical techniques in comparison with the classical ways as well as finding out how each isolates dominant factors for a child‘s... Read more   

School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Research type: Master Thesis     Issue year: 2012

Author: Kaombe, Tsirizani Mumderanji Mwalimu Supervisor(s): Jimmy Namangale

Exploring Potential of Raising Validity Evidence of Physical Science Tests Through Teachers’ Peer Instruction

The study investigated the potential of raising validity evidence of Physical Science tests through teachers’ peer instruction. Of particular relevance in the study was the effect of teachers peer instruction on content and construct related validity evidence of Physical Science classroom tests. The study employed a mixed methods approach applyi... Read more   

School: School of Education

Research type: Doctoral Thesis     Issue year: 2012

Author: Nkhoma, Mike Supervisor(s): Jimmy Namangale

Modeling the Stock Market : the Role of Markov Chains and Double Gamma Distribution

Determination of values of stocks and indices is very challenging and a very important aspect in finance. Knowing the value of a stock price, for instance, can be very vital in pricing various financial derivatives such as options. On the other hand, indices are useful tools for tracking stock market trends. By studying the pattern of index valu... Read more   

School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Research type: Master Thesis     Issue year: 2007

Author: Banda, Holmes Charles Patrick Supervisor(s): Jimmy Namangale