Browsing MSc.SS Theses and Dissertations (2020) by Title
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Analysis of recurrent events with associated informative censoring: application to HIV data
(Strathmore University, 2020-06)In this study, we adapt a commonly used Cox-based model for recurrent events; the Prentice, Williams and Peterson Total -Time (PWP-TT) that has been largely used under the assumption of non-informative censoring and evaluate ... -
Assessing efficient odds ratios: an application to surgical stage prediction in cervical cancer
(Strathmore University, 2020)Background: Cervical cancer remains the second most commonly diagnosed cancer and the third leading cause of cancer death in developing countries. Improving clinicians' knowledge and understanding of surgical staging is ... -
Forecasting Kenya’s GDP using a hybrid neural network and ARIMA model
(Strathmore University, 2020-03)Background: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the market value of goods and services produced within a selected geographical area usually a coun- try in a selected interval in time often a year and can be measured ... -
Identifying the best method to correct for missing data, a case of HIV/TB co-infection in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2020)Having missing information is almost inevitable in research, but many researchers only report on complete cases. Here we review the missing data theory, missingness characteristics, look at the background information, ... -
The Zero Inflated Negative Binomial - Shanker distribution and its application to HIV exposed infant data
(Strathmore University, 2020)Motivated by HIV exposed infants (HEI) sero-conversion data, we provide an extension of Zero- inflated Negative Binomial (ZINB) distribution to Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial { Shanker (ZINB-SH) distribution. We review ...
