Browsing Research Articles (Statistics & Population Studies) by Author "Kotze, Danelle"
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Causes and patterns of morbidity and mortality in Afghanistan: Joint estimation of multiple causes in the neonatal period
Adegboye, Oyelola A.; Kotze, Danelle (Springer, 2014)This paper focuses on investigating the leading cause(s) of death and preventable factors in Afghanistan, using data from verbal autopsies of infant deaths. We are of the view that the presence of a disease in a person ... -
Epidemiological analysis of spatially misaligned data: a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus outbreak in Nigeria
Adegboye, Oyelola A.; Kotze, Danelle (Cambridge University Press, 2013)This research is focused on the epidemiological analysis of the transmission of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus outbreak in Nigeria. The data included 145 outbreaks together with the locations of ... -
An exploratory look at associated factors of poverty on educational attainment in Africa and in-depth multilevel modelling for Namibia.
Adegboye, Oyelola A.; Kotze, Danelle (BER, 2013)This study examines several indicator variables related to education and poverty in Africa from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Many have described income and education as one of the fundamental determinants ... -
Maths4Stats: Opleiding vir onderwysers
Blignaut, Renette; Luus, Retha; Lombard, Ronell; Latief, Abduraghiem; Kotze, Danelle (AOSIS, 2013)Maths4Stats: Educating teachers. The inadequate nature of the education infrastructure in South Africa has led to poor academic performance at public schools. Problems within schools such as under-qualified teachers and ... -
Multi-year trend analysis of childhood immunization uptake and coverage in Nigeria
Adegboye, Oyelola A.; Kotze, Danelle; Adegboye, Olasunkanmi A. (Cambridge University Press, 2013)As a leading indicator of child health, under-five mortality was incorporated in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals with the aim of reducing the rate by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015. Under-five mortality in ... -
Multiple imputation of unordered categorical missing data: A comparison of the multivariate normal imputation and multiple imputation by chained equations
Karangwa, Innocent; Kotze, Danelle; Blignaut, Renette (Brazilian Statistical Association, 2016). Missing data are common in survey data sets. Enrolled subjects do not often have data recorded for all variables of interest. The inappropriate handling of them may negatively affect the inferences drawn. Therefore, special ...