American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics

Volume 6, Issue 4, July 2017

  • Slope Optimal Designs for Third Degree Kronecker Model Mixture Experiments

    Cheruiyot Kipkoech, Koske Joseph, Mutiso John

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 4, July 2017
    Pages: 170-175
    Received: Oct. 13, 2016
    Accepted: Oct. 28, 2016
    Published: Jun. 01, 2017
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    Abstract: Mixture experiments are special type of response surface designs where the factors under study are proportions of the ingredients of a mixture. In response surface designs the main interest of the experimenter may not always be in the response at individual locations, but the differences between the responses at various locations is of great intere... Show More
  • Count Regression Models with Application to Caries Experience for Children Attending Lady Northey Dental Clinic in Nairobi

    Agnes Njambi Wanjau, Samuel Musili Mwalili

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 4, July 2017
    Pages: 176-181
    Received: May 20, 2017
    Accepted: May 31, 2017
    Published: Jun. 09, 2017
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    Abstract: Count regression models were developed to model data with integer outcome variables. These models can be employed to examine occurrence and frequency of occurrence. Four common types of count regression models are applied to caries data among children aged between three and six years attending Lady Northey Dental clinic between September, 2014 and ... Show More
  • Bayesian Joint Modelling of Longitudinal and Survival Data of HIV/AIDS Patients: A Case Study at Bale Robe General Hospital, Ethiopia

    Ahmed Hasan Dessiso, Ayele Taye Goshu

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 4, July 2017
    Pages: 182-190
    Received: Feb. 14, 2017
    Accepted: Feb. 25, 2017
    Published: Jun. 23, 2017
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    Abstract: Joint analysis of longitudinal and survival data has received increasing attention in the recent years, especially for AIDS. This study explores application of Bayesian joint modeling of HIV/AIDS data obtained from Bale Robe General Hospital, Ethiopia. The objective is to develop separate and joint statistical models in the Bayesian framework for l... Show More
  • Identification and Modeling of Outliers in a Discrete - Time Stochastic Series

    Imoh Udo Moffat, Emmanuel Alphonsus Akpan

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 4, July 2017
    Pages: 191-197
    Received: Feb. 27, 2017
    Accepted: Apr. 08, 2017
    Published: Jul. 05, 2017
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    Abstract: This study was prompted by the fact that the presence of outliers in discrete-time stochastic series may result in model misspecification, biases in parameter estimation and in addition, it is difficult to identify some outliers due to masking effects. However, the iterative approach which involves joint estimation of outliers effects and model par... Show More
  • Determinant of Under-Five Child Mortality in Ethiopia

    Dechasa Bedada

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 4, July 2017
    Pages: 198-204
    Received: Mar. 01, 2017
    Accepted: Mar. 27, 2017
    Published: Jul. 07, 2017
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    Abstract: Many countries are not on track to complete UNICEF’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target of a two-thirds reduction in the rate of child mortality by 2015. This paper examines determinants of under-five mortality in Ethiopia. The study utilizes the data extracted from the 2011 Ethiopia demographic and health survey. Multivariate logistic anal... Show More
  • Modified Exact Single-Value Criteria for Partial Replications of the Central Composite Design

    Eugene C. Ukaegbu, Polycarp E. Chigbu

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 4, July 2017
    Pages: 205-208
    Received: Oct. 18, 2016
    Accepted: Feb. 03, 2017
    Published: Jul. 10, 2017
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    Abstract: Replication of the factorial (cube) and/or axial (star) portions of the central composite design (CCD in response surface exploration has gained great attention recently. Some well known metrics (called single-value functions or criteria) and graphical methods are utilized in evaluating the regression based response surface design. The single-value... Show More
  • Geostatistics Analysis of Infant Mortality Rate in Ethiopia

    Montasir Ahmed Osman Mohamed

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 4, July 2017
    Pages: 209-213
    Received: May 17, 2017
    Accepted: May 24, 2017
    Published: Jul. 10, 2017
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    Abstract: In this paper, spatial statistical analysis of infant mortality rate in Ethiopia is addressed. The analysis investigated of a significance spatial autocorrelation attendance as well as an adapting of a generalized linear mixed model with spatial covariance structure. The results showed the distribution is much spatially associated. Some geographica... Show More
  • Determining Solvency and Insolvency of Commercial Banks in Nigeria

    Yahaya Haruna U., Abdulkarim Muhammad

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 4, July 2017
    Pages: 214-220
    Received: Apr. 12, 2017
    Accepted: Apr. 26, 2017
    Published: Jul. 26, 2017
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    Abstract: This paper presents the application of artificial intelligence technique to develop aMulti-Layer Perceptron neural network model for determining the status (solvent or insolvent) of commercial banks in Nigeria. The common traditional classification techniques based on statistical parametric methods are constraint to fulfill certain assumptions. Whe... Show More