ABSTRACT We had tried to study the rates of infant mortality in Abia State. The aims of this study were to compare the mortality and birth rate of infants male and female in order to determine whether there is a significant yearly difference in their mortality and birth rate. Also, to determine whether infant mortality in... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT Background Maternal mortality has seen a significant decline in Ghana over last decade. Stakeholders and government continue to invest in strategic policies aimed to further decrease the ratio of maternal mortality. To achieve the desired results, interventions must be tailored toward specific factors in order to further strengthen the... Continue Reading
Overview 1.1 Human skin and Its Functions 1.2 Papulo-squamous and Erythemato-squamous skin diseases 1.3 Statement of the Problem 1.4 Study Aim and Objectives 1.5 Significance of the Study 1.6 Scope and Limitations 2.1 Machine Learning 2.2 Data Mining 2.3 Mathematical Modeling...... ... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This project presents an empirical study of time series modeling and forecasting of the official daily Exchange rate of Nigeria Naira for US Dollar in terms of buying rate, central rate and selling rate, from the period of 1st January 2016 to 19th of May 2017 (recession period). In this view, Box Jenkins approach was applied for the... Continue Reading
This is an 86 page research project evaluating institutional repositories in Africa SCOPE OF THE STUDY This study focuses on Institutional Repositories in Africa in the three major directory of repositories. The webometrics ranking will be the main focus for this study with keyattention to repositories that have their contents in English Language.... Continue Reading
This study was to investigate the method and application of statistical quality control in the operation and production of glass bottles in Beta Glass Plc. A secondary source of data was used through the method of review of records and the control chart quality control tool for mean, range and proportion defective was used to analyze the data for... Continue Reading
Abstract This study was aimed at ascertaining the most preferred drugs in treating malaria fever in Delta State. A field survey was carried with 200 questionnaires distributed to health professionals at some selected hospitals. The data obtained were analyzed using percentages, bar chart and hypothesis testing via ANOVA and Chi-square. The result... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This work suggests an exact and systematic model identification approach which is entirely new and addresses most of the challenges of existing methods. We developed quadratic discriminant functions for various orders of autoregressive moving average (ARMA) models. An Algorithm that is to be used alongside our functions was also... Continue Reading
Abstract Several authors have developed statistical procedures for testing whether two models are similar. In this work, we not only present the notion of equivalence but also extend this to a measure of predictive ability of a time series following a stationary self-exciting threshold autoregressive (SETAR) process. A proposition and a lemma were... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This study was motivated by the fact the Uganda has one of the fastest population growth rates in the world accompanied by high unemployment rates thus the study aimed at investigating the relationship between population growth rates and youth unemployment in Uganda (1991 to 2014). The specific objectives of the study were; to find out... Continue Reading
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION APPROVAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This report investigated Road Infrastructure and Economic Growth in Uganda 2000 .- 2018, the Study considered all national roads, that is, paved and unpaved roads however, district roads were excluded due to lack of data for the entire period of the study. The emphasis on national roads was both due to data availability and the multiplier... Continue Reading
Abstract The report explored the effect of taxation on mobile money services a case of Makindye East division, Kampala district. The specific objectives of the study were; to establish the level of taxation on mobile money services in Makindye East Division Kampala district, to determine the level of mobile money services in Makindye East Division... Continue Reading
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION APPROVAL DEDICATION • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ABSTRACT CHAPTER ONE • 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Background to the Study 1 1.1.2 Theoretical Background 3 1.1.3 Conceptual Background 3 1.1.3 Contextual Background 3 1.2 Problem Statement 3 1.3 Purpose of the Study 4 1.4... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effect of food supply on household incomes. A discipline correlation design was applied in examining the effect of food supply and household income. A sample of 250 respondents selected, however, one of the limitations of alteration beyond the researcher’s control, only 70 questionnaires are retrieved. The... Continue Reading
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION i APPROVAL ii DEDICATION iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv TABLE OF CONTENTS v LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVATIONS viii ABSTRACT ix CHAPTER ONE 1 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Problem statement 2 1.3 Objectives 3 1.3.1 General Objective 3 1.3.2 Specific objectives 3 1.4 Research questions 4 1.5 Research scope 4 1.5.1... Continue Reading
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ii APPROVAL iii DEDICATION iv LIST OF ACRONYMS v ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Vi TABLE OF CONTENTS vii ABSTACT x CHAPTER ONE 1 .0 Introduction .1 Background of the study 1 .2 Statement of the Problem 3 1.3 Purpose of the Study 3 1.4 Objectives of the Study .1 1 .4.1 General objective 4 1 .4.2 Specific objectives 4 1.5 Research... Continue Reading
Abstract The study explored self-efficacy, subjective norm, attitude and socio-economic factors as correlates of sports betting among high school students in Uganda. The specific objectives of the study were; to establish the relationship between student self-efficacy and Sports betting, to establish the relationship between attitude and Sports... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This research investigates the effect of fertility rate and mortality rate on population growth in Uganda from 1960-2015. Using both multiple and simple regression analysis, my objectives were; to find out the trend of mortality rate in Uganda, to find out the trend of fertility rate in Uganda, to find out the trend of population growth... Continue Reading
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION APPROVAL iii DEDICATION iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT v LISTOFTABLES LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF ACRONYMS xi ABSTRACT CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study I .2 Statement of the problem 3 1.3 Purpose of the study 3 1 .4 Research objectives 3 I .5 Research questions 3 1.6 Scope of the study 4 1 .6. 1 Geographical scope... Continue Reading
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION .i APPROVAL ii DEDICATION iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv ABSTRACT v LIST OF TABLES vi LIST OF ACRONYMS vii TABLE OF CONTENTS viii CHAPTER ONE 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.1.1 Historical Background I 1.1.2 Theoretical Background 2 1.1.3 Conceptual Background 3 1.1.4 Contextual Background 3 1.2... Continue Reading
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION APPROVAL iii DEDICATION iv ACRONYMS v ACKNOWLEDGEMENT vi LIST OF TABLES x LIST OF FIGURES xi ABSTRACT xii CHAPTER ONES 1 INTRODUCTION .1 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Background to the study 1 1.2 Statement of the problem 5 1.3 Purpose of the study 5 1.4 Specific objectives of the study 5 1.5 Research questions 5 1.6 Scope... Continue Reading
TABLE OFCONTENTS Contents DECLARATION DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ABREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS iv LIST OF TABLES viii ABSTRACT CHAPTER ONE 1 1.0 Background to the Study 1 1.1 Statement to the Problem 10 1.2 Purpose of the Study 11 1.3 Specific Objectives 11 1.4 Research Questions 11 1.5 Significance of the Study 12 1.6 Scope of the Study 12 1.6.1... Continue Reading
TABLE OF CONTENT DECLARATION ii APPROVAL iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv TABLE OF’ CONTENT v LIST OF TABLES vii LIST OF FIGURES viii LIST OF ACRONYMS ix ABSTRACT x CHAPTER ONE 1 INTRODUCTION 1 I .0 Introduction .1 Background of the Study 1 .2 Problem Statement 4 1.3 General Objective of the Study 5 1 .4 Specific Objectives 5 1 .5 Research Hypothesis 5 1... Continue Reading