Name: Dr FloranceMatarise

Position: Lecturer, Chairperson

Qualifications: BA(NUL),MSc (McMaster, Canada), DPhil (UZ)

Office:203 or 210

Telephone:303211 Extension 15060 or 15058

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Teaching: Time Series analysis, Econometrics, Stochastic Processes, Operations Research, Inference, Design and Analysis of Experiments,

Applied Statistics, Survey Techniques, Probability I and II

Research and Publications:
Research Areas: Time Series Analysis, Operations Research and Modelling different types of data.

Current work being supervised

PhD

   1. A generalized Multi-level linear Model for Likert Responses C Chimedza

Supervised Dissertations

MSc

1.“Estimation of the long memory parameter (d) for Non –Gaussian Series”

T. Vaki (1997)

2. “Modeling long memory time series with Interventions (For Additive Outliers and

     Level Shifts)”   with L Dhliwayo (1998)

3.“Aymptotic Critical Values for the Box and Chang Additive Outliers” with K. Mutangi

   (2000)

4.“Use of Kalman Filter in Long Memory Time Series”     K. Basira (1998)

5. “Simultaneous estimation of the long memory parameter and the model”   E.Ranganai

     (2001)

6. Use of Copula Models for the African stock markets. E. Matangi (2009)

7. Using Quantile regression in survival analysis(in tuberculosis patients). I Maposa (2009)

Other Academic research

Seminar papers

1. 1.“Application of econometric methods in Zimbabwe’s financial institutions”. Seminar paper (1994)

1. 2.“Application of Time Series to Air Zimbabwe Data” By F. Matarise (Seminar paper)

(1996)

1. 3.“Intervention Analysis in time series.” (Seminar paper presented at the Institute of

       Mathematics and Computing Science, University of Groningen, The Netherlands in April

       1999)

3.   “Outlier detection in Long memory Time series “ (Seminar paper, presented at Concordia

       University, Montreal, Canada, 11^th October 2006)

4   “Detecting Level Shifts, Temporary Changes and Innovational Outliers in Short and Long

Memory Time series”. (Seminar paper presented at the University of Witwatersrand February

2011)

5. Application of Operations Research methods to Tanganda tea processing factories(presented at

ZIMSA December 2011)

Papers published or set for publication

1.   “Econometrics” module BSc Statistics and Mathematics course for Zimbabwe Open

       University (ZOU) co-authored with L Dhliwayo (2002)

2.   “A Test for Additive Outliers Applicable to Long Memory Time Series” P. Chareka,

F. Matarise and R. Turner (2006) (Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control)

3.     “Intervention Analysis” (2009) (Encyclopedia of Statistics, Springer Verlag)

6     “Robust estimation of the Long Memory Time series fractional difference parameter using the M-

estimator”(still to be finalized).

8.   “Detecting Level Shifts, Temporary Changes and Innovational Outliers in Short and Long

       Memory Time series”. (extracted from DPhil thesis and to be finalized)

1. 1.“ Intervention Analysis” book for Springer Verlag(current project)

Consultancy Work involving research

1. 1) “ Use of Statistics in the National Family planning Association” with Dr P Chareka and

               Charles Chimedza (1997) .

1. 2)“ Covariate analysis of Iodine Deficiency in Wedza “(for Dr C Todd, Dept of

               Community Medicine, UZ). (1998)

1. 3)“ Results of National Scientific Survey with Dr. T Jhamba, K. Mutsonziwa and L. Dhliwayo

             (published for the Constitutional Commission) (1999).

1. 4)Content review of the ZOU module “ Design and Analysis of Experiments” (2002).

1. 5)“Report on Age Distribution of Zimbabwe’s population “ produced for lawyers (Gill, Godlonton and Gerrans) (2003)

1. 6)Analysis of election results for the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN). (2005)

1. 7)Review of the Village Register in Buhera, Chipinge, Gokwe North, Tsholotsho and Zaka Districts for UNICEF with KudzaiChatiza (June-August 2006)

1. 8)Edited the Women’s University in Africa’s (WUA) Statistics Module (June 2009)

1. 9)Application of Operations research Methods to the Tanganda Tea processing factories(October 2010)

Name: Mr Jona Mafodya

Position: Lecturer

Qualifications: MSc in Statistics, BSc Hons (Statistics), BSc   Mathematics and Statistics

Office:

Telephone:

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Teaching:

Research and Publications:

AREAS:                  Survey and Sampling, Demography and Multivariate Statistics.

Publications and Research:

1. 1.“Further Developments in the construction of Multivariate control charts”, JASSA, Volume 3, Number 2, 2002.
2. 2.Chapter 9, “State of the Environment Report for Zimbabwe”, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, 2006.
3. 3.“Multivariate Control Charts based on Autocorrelated Observations”, International Journal of Statistics and Systems (IJSS), 2012.
4. 4.“Emerging Widowhood Patterns and Trends in ZimbabweInternational Journal of Statistics and System (IJSS), 2012.
5. 5."Modeling Maternal Mortality using mathematical models”, International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (IJSS), 2012. 
6. 6.“Spatial Classification of Rainfall and Temperature regimes of Zimbabwe Using Multivariate Techniques”, 2001.
7. 7.Modeling Maximum and Minimum temperatures for the resort town of Victoria Falls, 1999.
8. 8.Analysis of Fertility Patterns in Zimbabwe, 2001.
9. 9.Modeling armed robbery cases in Zimbabwe, 2001.
10. 10.Projection of the Zimbabwe 2002 population incorporating the effects of HIV/AIDS, 2001.
11. 11.Analysis of Zimbabwe Mortality including the effects of HIV/AIDS, 2002.
12. 12.Analysis of Zimbabwe Population Growth and Agricultural output, 2003.
13. 13.Patterns and Trends in Migration, Zimbabwe 1990-2011, 2012.

Name: Ms Lillian Siziba

Position:Lecturer

Qualifications: MSc. Statistics (UZ), BSC. (Hons.) Statistics (UZ)

Office:S204

Telephone: 04 303211 Extension 15065

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Teaching: Statistical Inference III, Multivariate Analysis , Statistical computing 1, Bioassays and Modeling, Experimental Designs, Survival analysis,

Research and Publications:

Research Areas: Longitudinal data analysis and modelling, Survival data analysis and modelling, Clinical trial data management, Food security, Orphans and Vulnerable Children profiles

Supervised work

(Hons)

• Assessing anti-retroviral treatment success using binary logistic regression.

Papers set for publication

• Analysis of clinical longitudinal data with non ignorable missing values (work in progress)
• Assessing anti-retroviral treatment success using binary logistic regression. (work in progress)

Consultancy work involving research

• Survey data management
• Training statistical packages eg SPSS, EPI-Info, STATA and CSPro
• Sampling designs
• Questionnaire design

Name: Mr Innocent Maposa

Position: Lecturer

Qualifications: MSc in Statistics(UZ), BSc (Hons) Statistics (UZ), BSc in Mathematics and Statistics (UZ)

Office: 206

Telephone: 04 303211 Extension 15065

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Teaching: Survey Techniques, Sampling Theory, Statistical computing 1, Statistical Computing 2, Generalized Linear Models, Theory of Estimation, Applied Statistics 1, Applied Statistics 2, Time Series Analysis, Econometrics, Inference 1

Research and Publications:

Research Areas: Survival data analysis and modelling, Longitudinal data analysis and modelling, Financial econometrics and econometric modelling, Quantile regression modelling, Survey and research methodologies.

Current work being supervised

(Hons)

• Modelling stochastic volatility of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange’s mining index since the dollarization of the Zimbabwean economy.

Supervised work

(Hons)

• Survival modelling and statistical analysis for tuberculosis patients on DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment-Short Courses): A case study at Chegutu District Hospital. (2010)
• An analysis of the life assurance claims exposure from road accidents. (2011)

Papers published and set for publication

• Censored quantile regression modelling in comparison to proportional hazards modelling on survival data. (Work in progress)
• The factors that influence the survival time for HIV patients on antiretroviral (ART) drugs at Bulawayo MSF hospital. (Work in progress)
• Risk management on students in response to the proposed University of Zimbabwe degree structure change. (Work in progress)
• Statistics for Development Studies module [ZOU publications](2011-2012)
• Reviewed introduction to computers for Information and Library Studies (ILS) module [ZOU publications] (2009-2010)

Workshops attended

• RUBEN workshop (Risk and uncertainty behavioural econometrics analysis). University of Capetown department of Economics.(2012)
• SALDRU workshop (The use of STATA statistical software in data management and analysis). University of Capetown, Department of Economics. (2012)
• C ARe workshop (Center for actuarial Research). University of Capetown Demography unit. (2010)

Consultancy work involving research

• Prepared and presented a report on the baseline survey for TSURO DZE Chimanimani. (2011)
• Training statistical packages eg SPSS, EPI-Info, STATA and CSPro
• Data entry supervision, data management and cleaning
• Data analysis eg frequency tables, cross tabulations, chi-square, regression analysis, odds ratios, relative risks, logistic and probit regressions, Proportional hazards modelling and the Kaplan Meier survival analysis.

Statistical Packages and others

• STATA, SPSS, EPI-Info, CSPro, R, S-Plus, LaTeX, WinEdit, MATLAB, MS Office packages etc

Name: Mr Evans Manjoro

Position: Lecturer

Qualifications: MSc Statistics (UZ), BSc (Hons) Statistics (UZ)

Office: S201

Telephone: (04) 303 211 ext 15062

Mobile: 0774 331 140
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Teaching: Applied Statistics I, Applied Statistics II, Official Statistics, Industrial Quality Control, Risk Theory, Survival Analysis, Multivariate Methods, Sampling Theory, Demography.

Research areas: Time Series Analysis (univariate and multivariate), Multivariate Methods(Factor analysis, principal component analysis, cluster analysis), Survival Analysis, Social Statistics, Statistics education, Spatial Statistics

Theses

1. 1.Multivariate Control Charts Based on Auto-correlated observations. (2009)
2. 2.Spatial Distribution of Rabies in Zimbabwe. (2003)

Research and Publications:

1. 1.Multivariate Control Charts Based on Auto-correlated Observations. (under review)
2. 2.Domestic Violence Dynamics on Informal Trading Married Women in Harare, Zimbabwe (under review).
3. 3.The trend of “O”-level Statistics uptake and performance in Zimbabwe, and the perceptions of selected Harare schools’ students on Statistics education (work in progress)

Consultancy work involving research

• Survey data management
• Training statistical packages eg SPSS, EPI-Info, and CSPro
• Sampling designs
• Questionnaire design

Name: Mr Evidence Matangi

Position: Lecturer

Qualifications: MSc. Statistics (UZ), PGDip (Mathematical Sciences) (AIMS, UCT), BSC. (Hons.) Statistics (UZ)

Office: 214

Telephone: 0772 327 415

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Teaching: Probability Theory I, Applied Statistics II, Theory of Estimation, Regression Analysis, General Linear Models, Generalized Linear Models

Research and Publications:

Research areas: Time Series, Econometrics, Bioinformatics/Biostatistics, Social Statistics, Statistics education

Theses:

• Modelling dependence across stock markets using copulas (MSc, 2009)
• Processing of micro-array data (PGDip, 2006)
• Regression modelling of money markets in Zimbabwe (BSc. 2001)

Supervised work:

• Interpreting insurance short-term market data using correspondence analysis (2010)
• Determining whether or not precipitation is the major risk factor influencing malaria incidence in Manicaland province, Zimbabwe (2010)

Papers published and set for publication

• Domestic violence dynamics on informal trading married women in Harare, Zimbabwe (work in progress)
• Risk management on students in response to the proposed University of Zimbabwe degrees structure change (work in progress)
• The trend of “O”-level Statistics uptake and performance in Zimbabwe, and the perceptions of selected Harare schools’ students on Statistics education (work in progress)

Workshops attended

• RUBEN workshop (Risk and uncertainty behavioural econometrics analysis). University of Cape Town department of Economics.(2012)
• SALDRU workshop (The use of STATA statistical software in data management and analysis). University of Cape Town, Department of Economics. (2012)
• African solutions to climate change, APPS 4 Africa Climate Challenge, Harare Club, Media Centre. (2012)
• ZIMSA workshop, Harare, 2011

Name: Mr Adwell Mhlanga

Position: Lecturer

Qualifications: MBA Finance McGill (Canada), MSc Operational Research Delhi (India), BSc Mathematics, Statistics and Economics Aligarh (India)

Office: S205

Telephone: 303211 EXT 15059

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Teaching: Probability Theory I, Statistical Inference I, Operations Research, Quality Management

Research and Publications:

Research Interest: Teaching and Learning Effectiveness, Application of Operations Research Models in Industry, Quality Management Practice in Industry and Commerce in Zimbabwe.

Current Work: Effects on Students of Applying Effective Teaching and Tutoring Methods: Putting Reaching Findings into Practice.

Dissertations: Corporate Plan for the Introduction of Posts and Telecommunications Services to Rural Regions in Zimbabwe (McGill, Canada); Delhi Transport Corporation Operations (Delhi, India).

Unpublished Reports

1. Long Term Corporate Plan, Fidelity Life Assurance (Zimbabwe).

2. Government Mail Census for Postal Services (Zimbabwe).

3. Task Force to the Minister of Trade and Consumer Protection on Distribution of                                                    

   Commodities (Guyana).

4. A look into the Tramming Operations of the Railroad Department (Guyana).

5. Scraper Availability Problem (Guyana)

6. The Linden Transport Community Service Fare Estimation (Guyana).

7. Relationship between Fleet Size and Establishment for the Heavy Earthmoving

   Equipment Department Scrapers (Guyana).

8. A Look into the Operations of the Heavy Earthmoving Equipment Department (Guyana).

Name: Mrs I S Nduna

Position:   Lecturer

Qualifications: B.A. NUL; M.Sc. Calgary; M.B.A. Zimbabwe

Office:     213

Telephone: Office: 303211Ext 15064

                       Home:   861202

                     Cell 0712 542 106
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Teaching: Probability Theory I, II, Advanced

Statistical Inference I, Theory of Estimation, Testing of Hypotheses, Operations Research, Quality Management

Research and Publications:

Research Interests:

1. 1.Change Point Analysis and its applications to the Zimbabwe Economy. Sent to the Journal of Applied Science in Southern Africa August 2011.
2. 2.Hydrodynamics and Traffic Flow in Zimbabwe. Refining paper for publication
3. 3.Application of queueing theory on road traffic flow in Zimbabwe. Paper presented at ZIMSA in 2011.
4. 4.Purchasing Power Parity and Zimbabwe’s Stock Market. (Current)

Projects Supervised B.Sc. Honours.

1. 1.Customer duration in non-life insurance industry by Trymore Mashamba (B.Sc. Honours) current.
2. 2.Application of statistical methods in the control standardisation and continuous improvement of quality of high gloss white enamel paint at Astra Paints manufacturing process. By Wellington Tadzungaira.
3. 3.Modelling Actuarial data with a Lognormal-Pareto Model by Christopher Rudzuna
4. 4.Deterministic inventory modelling for the blue bar soap at Unilever South East Africa (Pvt) Ltd. A single item model in a manufacturing situation with shortages allowed. By Kudzanayi Ruvharo.
5. 5.Reliability of mechanical engineering of production line four in the manufacturing process at Delta Beverages. By Jacob Majakwara.
6. 6.A statistical evaluation on the implementation of total quality management system at Unilever Zimbabwe’s manufacturing process. By Munyaradzi Dimairo.
7. 7.Incorporating Frailty effects in the Cox Hazard model and its application to insurance by Edgar T. Mandisodza.
8. 8.Statistical Analysis of road traffic accidents in Harare, Zimbabwe. By Barbra Magidi

Projects Supervised M.Sc.   Honours

1. 1.An analysis of stochastic and deterministic demand models for beer production at Lager’s manufacturing by Admire Mahachi.