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Modeling Determinants of Household Access to Credit in Rural Kenya
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Modeling Factors Affecting Academic Transition In Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2014-06)Academic transition has been known to be affected by many factors. This project sought to investigate the most effective factors to academic transition. First, the factors were extracted from literature. They were then ... -
Modeling Factors That Influences Place Of Maternal Delivery In Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Mathematics, 2010)The study aims to examine factors that influence the place of delivery among pregnant women in the country. The study used secondary data source from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) Kenya Demographic Surveys ... -
Modeling farmer's adoption of on-farm technologies
(College of biological and physical sciences school of mathematics, 2006)Soil fertility degradation has been a major issue attributed to poor crop yield among many small-scale holders in various parts of Kenya and other nations in developing countries. Adoption of new technologies to improve ... -
Modeling Farmers' Awareness, Perception and Coping Strategies of Leptocybe Invasa Blue Gum Chalcid) Infestation on Eucalyptus
(University of NairobiSchool of mathematics,, 2004)Pests and diseases has been a major constraint attributed to low productivity in forestry products among farmers in various parts of Kenya and other nations in other ... -
Modeling Genotype and Environment Interaction for Performance Stability and Adaptability of Sugarcane Cultivars
(University of Nairobi, 2016) -
Modeling Genotype By Environment Interaction Of Eucalyptus Using Additive Main Effects And Multiplicative Interaction Approach
(University of NairobiSchool of Mathematics, 2012)Selection of eucalyptus genotypes with wide adaptability across diverse environments IS important for adoption recommendation. When selecting superior genotypes one is usually confronted with the problem of genotype by ... -
Modeling Household Electricity Consumption in Kenya using Top-down Approach Method Research Report in Mathematics, Number 019, 2020
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Household electricity consumption has been a major contributor to the global energy demand and has increased quickly over the past decades. Therefore, this project attempts to examine the key factors in uencing household ... -
Modeling Income Distribution of Households in Mwea: A Hierarchical linear Model approach
(School of mathematics, 2012-07)Mwea Irrigation Scheme having been formed as early as 1956, the project studies the current distribution of Gross family income in the sections of Mwea Irrigation Scheme accounting for individual's characteristics of the ... -
Modeling Inflation in Kenya Using ARIMA and VAR Models
(University of Nairobi, 2014-07)Inflation is an important indicator of economic activity and is used by decision makers to plan economic policies. This paper is based on modeling inflation over the period 2005-2013 using two auto regressive models; ... -
Modeling Interest Rate on Economic growth of Kenya between 1970 and 2018
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The high-interest rate has been a problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, specifically Kenya, for a long time. The high-interest rates have prevented the growth of companies since they shun away from borrowing capital to grow ... -
Modeling Job Satisfaction among Call Center Agents: Ordinal Regression Model
(School of mathematics, 2012-07)Job satisfaction in call centers offers a multi-disciplinary approach covenng such disciplines as Operations Research and Management, Mathematics and Statistics, Forecasting and Modeling, Industrial Engineering, Information ... -
Modeling Labor Market Performance In Sub-Sahara Africa Using Convex Optimization Techniques
(University Of Nairobi, 2014-06)In this project, we have modeled labor market performance in Sub-Sahara Africa using convex optimization. Labor market indicators were adopted as a reliable source of information capable of describing Sub-Sahara Africa ... -
Modeling lapse rates using economic variables. A case study for a life insurance company operating in Kenya
(School of Mathematics, 2007)Lapse rates are an important consideration in the pricing and implementation of Life Insurance Policies. Lapses are defined the premature withdrawal of policyholders from policies that they have previously taken up. The ... -
Modeling lapse risk using cointegration and error correction approach
(2015)Policy lapse, in life insurance, is the ratio of the number of policies that default during a period to the average number of policies written within that period. It is a phenomenon that occurs during the activity of ... -
Modeling Macroeconomic Determinants of Public Debt in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022) -
Modeling Malaria Prevalence in Africa: A linear mixed effects analysis accounting for missing data
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness and mortality in Africa. A lot of resources have been, and continue to be channeled towards prevention, controlling and treatment of malaria. The World Health Organization ... -
Modeling Monthly Inflation Rate Volatility in Kenya Using Arch Type Family Models
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)The purpose of this study describes financial time series modelling with special application to modelling inflation data for Kenya. Specifically the theory of time series is modelled and applied to the inflation data ... -
Modeling Multidimensional Indicators of Poverty in Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Poverty is a condition in which a person or community is lacking the basic needs required for a minimum standard of well-being. Poverty can be measured using eco- nomic, social and environmental indicators. Past research ... -
Modeling of CD4 counts change and the Time from Care to ART uptake in Cell phone Study MCH Clinic
(School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, 2009)HIV/ AIDS still remains the biggest social, economic and development challenge. UNAIDS (2005), estimates that 2 million of Kenya's 29.5 million people are currently infected with HIV and that l.5 million have succumbed ...