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Volatility of Exchange Rate in Nigeria: An Investigation of Risk on Investment

Udokang Anietie Edem, Sanusi Olatoye Akeem, M. Okeniyi Okeyemi, Ojo O. David & Ajiboye Ifeoluwa Mayowa · Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics · 2022

The contribution of investment in currency trading in economic growth of a nation cannot be over emphasized. Hence, the examination of the risk involved in such trading because of volatility in foreign exchange rate. Time series data and model were used in this study. The monthly...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajpas/2022/v17i430429

Modeling the Differences between the Genders in Olympic Weightlifting Performance

Jebessa B. Mijena & Elyse Renshaw · Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics · 2022

This article studies Weightlifting results from the 2000-2016 Olympic Games for both males and females to determine the differences between gender performance. The data showed that there are considerable differences in the competitive level between male and female lifters. This a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajpas/2022/v17i430427

Partial least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) of Patient Satisfaction on Service Quality in Katsina Public Hospitals

Shamsuddeen Suleiman & Yasir Abdulkadir · Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics · 2022

This research examines the influence of Hospitals’ service quality on Patient satisfaction in Katsina metropolis, Nigeria. It is a survey research where by questionnaires were randomly administered on patients of four hospitals conveniently selected for the study (General Hosptia...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajpas/2022/v17i330426

Study of Binary Logistic and Poisson Regression Models of Diabetic Patients in Nigeria using Dichotomous and Non- Dichotomous Predictors

Onu, Obineke Henry, Amakuro, Okuata Avula & Alabge, Samson Adekola · Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics · 2022

The comparative study of the Binary-logistic and Poisson regression models of diabetic patients in Nigeria was presented using R-squared, Adjusted R-squared, Variance Inflated Factors and Akaike Information Criterion for two different data sets of Diabetic Patients known as the d...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajpas/2022/v17i330425

Small- scale Farmers’ Perception of Climate Change Impact and Variability in Shaki Community of Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria

Ebiendele Peter, E., Otobo Sylvester, I. & Asuelinman Osoria · Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics · 2022

Climate change and variability have been a source of contention and debate in many parts of the developing world for many years. Different people have different perspectives on climate change and variability. This study examines small-scale farmers' perceptions on climate change...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajpas/2022/v17i330424

Linear Estimation in the Type II Generalized Logistic Distribution under Progressive Censoring

Rana Rimawi & Ayman Baklizi · Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics · 2022

Generalized distributions have become increasingly popular in applications. They are highly flexible in data analysis, especially with skewed data, which are common in many applications. The Generalized Logistic Distribution (GLD) and its special cases have recently received a lo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajpas/2022/v17i330423

The Statistical Measurement System of High-Quality Development Level of Cities - Based on Yangtze River Delta Region of China

Hongjie Fan & Kai Wang · Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics · 2022

Combining China's development concepts of innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing, the paper constructs a high-quality development measurement system of Yangtze River Delta of China, which contains five dimensions: the optimization of economic structure, the efficie...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajpas/2022/v17i330422

Extreme Value Theory Modeling of Geochemical Anomalies: Block Maxima Approach

Emmanuel Ayitey, Christiana C. Nyarko, Henry Otoo & Micheal Affam · Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics · 2022

Mineral shortages can be avoided if the mineral industry accurately predicts mineral deposits, which is critical given the importance of minerals in Ghana's economy. The goal of this dissertation was to use the block maxima (BM) approach of Extreme Value Theory (EVT) to accuratel...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajpas/2022/v17i230421

Initialization and Estimation of Weights and Bias using Bayesian Technique

Oryiema Robert, David Angwenyi, Nyogesa Achiles & Jacob On'gala · Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics · 2022

Researches on artificial neural network models have shown that the method used to initialize and estimate weights and bias always determines the rate at which the network will converge and how efficient the model will perform. Although there are several methods that can be used t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajpas/2022/v17i230420

Impact Assessment of Gap on Nigerian Crude Oil Production: A Box-Tiao Intervention Approach

Imo U. Moffat & Elisha J. Inyang · Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics · 2022

The Nigerian disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme known as the Amnesty Programme have become common practice in countries facing violent conflict. A time-series model for monthly crude oil production was developed to examine the effect of Government’s Amnesty P...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajpas/2022/v17i230419

Power Series Generalised Power Weibull Class of Distributions

Anuwoje Ida L. Abonongo, Albert Luguterah & Suleman Nasiru · Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics · 2022

The power series generalised power Weibull class of distributions were developed in this study by compounding the power series family of distributions and the generalised power Weibull distribution. The statistical properties of this new class were derived. Maximum likelihood par...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajpas/2022/v17i230417

Research on Operational Risk Management in First Bank of Nigeria (FBN Bank)

Babatunde Ayomikun Seun, Zhang Diping & Babalola Emmanuel Olusola · Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics · 2022

The FBN bank is the oldest and largest of the twenty-four banks operating in the Nigerian economy. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of Operational Risk Management on FBN Banks. Past literatures were reviewed and theoretical frameworks such as the extreme-value...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajpas/2022/v17i230416

On the Comparison of Ordinary Least Squares and Quantile Regression with Nigerian Financial Data on Trade Balance, Foreign Inflow and Imports

Ogoke Uchenna Petronilla · Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics · 2022

This research work compared the Ordinary Least Squares Regression and Quantile Regression models, as well as the differences between them thereby examining the compared models in terms of goodness of fit statistic and also recommend a suitable fit model for the data collected. Th...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajpas/2022/v17i130415

Logistic Regression without Intercept

Guoping Zeng · Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics · 2022

Logistic regression is a popular statistic modelling algorithm in predicting a binary outcome. Although logistic regression almost always has an intercept, logistic regression without intercept is sometimes appropriate or even necessary. However, logistic regression without inter...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajpas/2022/v17i130414