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Government Websites Usability and User Experience in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013-08)
With the increased internet use, citizens demand more e-services in paying bills, paying taxes,
among others. Governments are striving to provide e-services to their citizens from a customer
demand driven perspective as ...
Zero-inflated count modeling of insect data: a case study of thaumastocoris peregrinus species
(2013)
Insect behaviour has become an important issue in the study of ecology. Statistical
models have wide applications in various biological field as they help scientists
to describe the phenomena under which variables are ...
Application of Linear Logistic and Discriminant Analysis on Forecasting Creditworthiness of Individual Borrowers
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
This research study summarizes the evaluation of credit risk using credit scoring method.
Credit scoring is a technique that helps banks decides whether to grant credit to applicants
who apply to them or not. The main ...
The effect of digital content utilization on teaching and learning in Kenyan secondary schools
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
E-learning is becoming a practical solution to the major constraint on teacher student ration in Kenyan
secondary schools. Digital content utilization has been adopted over time to serve as an educational
resource in and ...
Two Factor Authentication and transaction validation using a mobile phone
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Online Banking provides speed, flexibility, and efficiency, the Internet has become the means for conducting
growing numbers of transactions between suppliers and large international corporations. In this way, the Internet ...
Multi-yield Curve Modeling (with Application To Kenyan Bond Market)
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
We discuss post-credit crunch paradigm shift from single-curve to the multi-curve setting. We
first present the single curve, where we try to enrich the exposition by providing the requisite
basic financial background. ...
Pattern of Host Seeking and Oviposition Preferences of Malaria Vectors in Kilifi County, Coastal Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013-06)
Most malaria vectors alternate between their vertebrate hosts and stagnant water bodies for blood meal and oviposition sites respectively. These two resources are obligatory requirements for completion of the mosquito ...
Patient Factors Influencing Satisfaction With Quality Of Healthcare In Kenya: A Comparison Of Ordered Logit And Ordered Probit Regression Models
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)
This study compares ordered logit and ordered probit regression models in identifying patient-level
factors that influence his/her satisfaction with quality of health care. Patient satisfaction is a
desirable outcome of ...
Stochastic Interest Rates Model And Contingent Claim Pricing
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)
This project designs and formulates prices and the inherent factors used in contingent
securities. Participating contingent contracts are most popular in most financial jurisdictions.
They present many different covenants ...
Empirical Distribution Of Returns Of Nairobi Stock Exchange 20 Share Index: 1998-2011
(University of Nairobi, 2013-07)
The assumption that daily share index prices are normally distributed has long been disputed by the data. In this project, the normality assumption has been tested using time series data of daily NSE 20-Share Index for the ...