SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE METHODS FOR EFFICIENT GROUP RESPONSE CLASSIFICATION AND PREDICTION  

2022-01-27
This paper proposes a weighted Support Vector Machine (w-SVM) method for efficient class prediction in binary/multiclass response data sets. The proposed method introduced weights which utilizes the polyserial correlation between ...

Item Response Modelling of Items’ Properties and Respondents’ Abilities in Multiple Choice Options  

2022-01-31
Researchers are often interested in studying abilities, personality traits, and other unobservable characteristics of objects or individuals which could be quantified with an instrument such as test, questionnaire, and so ...

PRESCHOOL TEACHERS’ AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCE IN EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN OGBOMOSO NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OYO STATE  

2022-02-02
Children who are slow in learning, have difficulty in communication and challenge in writing are often times considered dullard or unintelligent pupils whereas they are suffering from learning disability. Often ...

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN OFFA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KWARA STATE NIGERIA, 2019 GENERAL ELECTIONS BY  

2022-02-02
The effects of educational qualification on political participation in Nigeria just like many other African countries have been predominantly skewed to participation in elections to the neglect of other forms ...

AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT IN NIGERIA  

2022-02-08
The increases in public expenditures have seen as a major source of policy concern in Nigeria. The observed rise in public spending in Nigeria poses a serious challenge to government ...

EVALUATION OF INSECTICIDE SPRAYING TIMES AND WEEDING REGIME ON COWPEA INSECT PESTS AND GRAIN YIELD IN THE SOUTHERN GUINEA SAVANNA OF NIGERIA  

2022-02-09
Cowpea is an important food legume in the Southern Guinea Savanna of Nigeria. Insect pest complex and weeds are limiting factors that influence cowpea production. Insecticide application is an endorsed ...

PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE, GOVERNANCE AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA  

2022-02-14
It is widely believed that government has an important role to play in the enhancement of social welfare through spending on health-related matters. Good governance is also often claimed to ...

EFFECT OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON WAGE CONTROL: EVIDENCE FROM MINISTRIES IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA  

2022-02-16
Effect of Information Communication Technology (ICT) on wage control within the Ministry, Department and Agencies in Kwara State is of great concern. However, the assertion that fraud is very complicated ...

EXTERNAL FINANCING AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA  

2022-02-17
The importance of infrastructure services necessitates the need to examine the drivers of infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa. While some of the previous studies exist on this subject, there are still ...

  
 


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