Background: Generalized Linear models are mostly fitted to data that are not correlated. However, very often data that are collected from health and epidemiological studies are correlated either as a result of the sampling methods or the randomness associated with the collection...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpas/2020/v8i330208
The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between maternal factors and birth weight among babies by using and comparing frequentist and Bayesian methods’ results from an epidemiologist or public health point of view. Low birth weight babies, defined by WHO as babies bo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25753
Background: The study examines the spatial distribution of low birth weight by the ten administrative Regions in Ghana using Area to Point Kriging method. Low birth weight babies, defined by World Health Organization as babies born at term who weigh less than 2.5 kg is an importa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/25752