We proposed a new family of distributions called the Topp Leone exponentiated-G family of distributions with two extra positive shape parameters, which generalizes and also extends the Topp Leone-G family of distributions. We derived some mathematical properties of the proposed f...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpas/2020/v7i130170
As a mono-product economy, where the main export commodity is crude oil, volatility in oil prices has implications for the Nigerian economy and, in particular, exchange rate movements. The latter is particularly important due to the twin dilemma of being an oil exporting and oil-...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpas/2020/v7i130171
The purpose of this paper is to find out the operating characteristics of the ATM service point of the Fidelity bank Plc, plateau state. Specifically, a computer package (MS60) was used for analyzing the data. Results obtained from the analysis showed the traffic intensity (ρ) to...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpas/2020/v6i430168
Aim: We evaluate the performance of parametric models, mixture of generalized gamma frailty model with Gompertz distribution and compare it with Cox proportional hazard model that is commonly used in the analysis of TB patients and also by [1]. Place and the Duration of the Study...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpas/2020/v6i430169
In this paper, we review some estimators of count regression (Poisson and negative binomial) models in panel data modeling. These estimators based on the type of the panel data model (the model with fixed or random effects). Moreover, we study and compare the performance of thes...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpas/2020/v6i430167
Box and Hunter [1] introduced the concept of rotatability for response surface designs. The concept of slope-rotatability was introduced by Hader and Park [2] as an analogous to rotatability property, which is an important design criterion for response surface design. Slope-rotat...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpas/2020/v6i430165
The stock market in an emerging country like Pakistan has been volatile from the earliest times. This paper studies the volatility of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) (using Karachi Stock Exchange 100 Index (KSE-100) as a proxy) through the application of Generalized Autoregressive...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpas/2020/v6i430166
In this study, change detection in Out-patient and In-patient malaria cases in the Northern Region of Ghana was examined using time series intervention analysis. Data on monthly Out-patient and In-patient malaria cases obtained from the Northern Regional Health Directorate were m...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpas/2020/v6i330164
Population increases with time through birth, and researchers have often used either Logistic regression model or Discriminant analysis to study and classify birth outcomes. In this paper, the authors sought to investigate the sensitivity of the two methods used separately to exp...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpas/2020/v6i330163
Bayes factor is a major Bayesian tool for model comparison especially when the model priors are the same. In this paper, the Savage-Dickey Density Ratio (SDDR) is used to derive the Bayes factor to select a model from two competing models under consideration in a normal linear re...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpas/2020/v6i330162
This study investigated the Effect of Levels of Education on the Choice of Medical Treatment Options for three illnesses (Malaria, Mental Disorder and HIV/AIDS) in Nigeria. The study was carried out in ten randomly selected Local Government Areas (L. G. As) in Imo State using a s...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpas/2020/v6i330160
This study discusses the effects of missing observations on Buys-Ballot estimate when trend-cycle component of time series is linear. The method adopted in this study is Decomposing Without the Missing Value (DWMV) which is used to estimate missing observations in time series dec...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpas/2020/v6i330161
Clients (expecting mothers) wait for hours in ante-natal clinic to receive medical service – waiting before, during or after being served. This study deals with a dynamic queuing system. Results of the study evaluate the effectiveness of queuing simulation model by identifying th...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpas/2020/v6i230159
In this study, the incidence neonatal mortality in Abia State of Nigeria was considered using data from January 2014 to December 2018. The data was obtained from the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia in Abia State of Nigeria. The time plot of the data and the ADF test conducted con...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpas/2020/v6i230158
This study focuses on the modelling of Nigerian stock market all–shares index and evaluations of predictions ability using ARIMA, Artificial Neural Network and a hybrid ARIMA-Artificial Neural Network model. The ARIMA (1,1,1) model and neural network with architecture (6:1:3) tur...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpas/2020/v6i230157