Table of Contents
TITLE PAGE…………………………………………………………………………………….. i
DECLARATION………………………………………………………………………………….ii
CERTIFICATION………………………………………………………………………………..iii
DEDICATION……………………………………………………………………………………iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT……………………………………………………………………… - v
ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………………………………… - vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS………………………………………………………………………..vii
List of Tables……………………………………………………………………………………..ix
Acronyms…………………………………………………………………………………………x
CHAPTER ONE…………………………………………………………………………………..1
INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………… - 1
1.1 Background of the study……………………………………………..……………………1
1.2 Broncho-Pneumonia………………………………………………………………………5
1.3 Low Birth Weight…………………………………………………………………………6
1.4 Statement of the Problem………………………………………………………………….8
1.5 Aim and Objectives of the Study………………………………………………………….8
1.6 Significance of the Study………………………………………………………………….9
1.7 Scope of the Study……………………………………………………………………….9
1.8 Definition of Terms………………………………………………………………………10
CHAPTER TWO……………………………………………………………………………..….10
LITERATURE REVIEW………………………………………………………………………..10
2.1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………10
2.2 General Review…………………………………………………………………………..11
2.3 Gap identified in literature……………………………………………………………….20
CHAPTER THREE…………………………………………………………………………… - 21
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY………………………………………………………….……..21
3.1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………….…..21
3.2 Assumptions of Discriminant and Logistic regression analyses………..…………….….22
3.3 Study Design………………………………………………………………………….….22
3.4 Population and Sample of Study…………………………………………………………23
3.5 Data Collection…………………………………………………………………………..24
3.6 Concept of Discriminant Analysis……………………………………………………….24
3.7 Method used in this study………………………………………………………………..25
3.8 Test For Significance of Canonical Correlation (Wilk’s Lambda)… - ………..……… - 30
3.9 Box’s M - Test for the Equality of Covariance Matrices…………… ………..………..30
3.10 Logistic Regression Model……………………………………………………………..31
3.11 Chi-square test……………………………………………………….…………………33
3.12 Omnibus Chi-Square Test…………………………………………………………… - 34
3.13 Multicollinearity………………………………………………………………………..35
CHAPTER FOUR……………………………………………………………………………….36
ANALYSIS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS…………………………………………………36
4.1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………36
4.2 Descriptive Statistics……………………………………………………………………..37
4.3 Checking the Assumptions of Discriminant Analysis……………………………… - …39
4.4 Linear Discriminant Function - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . 40
4.5 The Logistic Regression Model………………………………………………………….43
4.6 Goodness of fit and classification power……………………………………………… - 44
4.7 Discussion of Results…………………………………………………………………….46
4.8 Major Findings………………………………………………………………………… - 46
CHAPTER FIVE……………………………………………………………………………… - 48
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS…………………………………48
5.1 Summary…………………………………………………………………………………48
5.2 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………….48
5.3 Recommendations…………………………………………………………………… - ..49
5.4 Contribution to knowledge………………………………………………………………50
References………………………………………………………………………………………..51
Appendix I……………………………………………………………………………………….54
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