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Assessment of French Beans Production at Kariua in Kandara, Murang’a County- Kenya
(2019-11)
A sample survey research was conducted in November 2017 to January 2018 at Kariua area in Murang’a county, Kenya, with a sole aim to assess the current situation experienced by the French bean farmers in the area as well ...
Optimization of Germination Conditions Of Melia volkensii By Response Surface Methodology
(2016-09)
Germination of Melia volkensii was modelled using response surface methodology (rsm) whereby second order models were developed and the associated response surfaces analyzed. The factors under investigation were soil pH, ...
Capture–recapture for estimating the size of the female sex worker population in three cities in Coˆ te d’Ivoire and in Kisumu, western Kenya
(2010-12)
Objective To estimate the female sex worker population size in three cities in Coˆ te d’Ivoire and in Kisumu, Kenya. Methods Capture–recapture was used, calculating size estimates by first ‘tagging’ a number of individuals ...
An Analysis of the Performance of Students in Seven Statistics Units at University Of Eldoret
(2017-10)
This study analyzed the performance in seven statistics units of students who were admitted for a Bachelor of Science (Applied Statistics with Computing) course at University of Eldoret, Kenya in 2012. The units were taught ...
Time series analysis of air pollution trends in Kenya using environmental Kuznets curve
(2020-12)
Air pollution occurs when harmful or excessive quantities of substances including gases are introduced into Earth's atmosphere. It may cause diseases, allergies and even death to humans; it may also cause harm to other ...
Time series analysis of Nandi county government revenue using seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average (SARIMA) model
(2020-10)
In Kenya, there are two levels of government namely the National Government (NG) and County Governments (CGs). NG’s revenue is mainly from taxation, borrowing, and grants among other sources while CGs rely on allocation ...
Modelling Time Default in University Fee Payment Using Cox Proportional Hazard Model
(2019-04)
Default is the failure to pay interest or other money that is owed on time. Time default is amount of time taken to clear the given debt past the set time line. Fee payment is guided by the fee payment policy produced by ...
Survival Analysis of Cancer Patients Using Weibull Parametric Model
(2019-05)
Cancer incidence and mortality are rapidly growing worldwide. The reasons are complex but reflect both aging and growth of the population, as well as changes in the prevalence and distribution of the main risk factors for ...
Time Series Analysis of Road Accidents Using Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) Model
(2019-04)
The road transport industry in Kenya plays a vital role in the life of the majority of her citizens. Many Kenyans utilize different transport modes to reach their various destinations daily. Nearly 3000 people killed on ...
Markov Chain Model for Time Series and its Application to Forecasting Stock Market Prices
(2018-09)
A Markov chain is a discrete-valued Markov process; discrete-valued means that the state space of possible values of the Markov chain is finite or countable. This paper seeks to forecast stock market prices using Markov ...