The analysis and prediction of student progression through degree programmes : a cohort analysis of undergraduate students at the university of Cape Town by Hendry, Jane

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A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Variation in a Rural African Community by Yohana, Rafiki

“…The study firstly investigates whether the key sociolinguistic variables of social class, gender, style, age and educational levels have as much bearing in explaining the occurrence of code-switching and lexical borrowings in multilingual Chasu. …”
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Public debt and economic growth: empirical evidence from South Africa by Mbali, Andiswa

“…To achieve the research objective, this study uses the time series technique, namely, the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach of cointegration test and the Granger causality approach to test the causal relationship between variables. Analysis of variance decomposition and impulse response functions are used to illustrate the proportions of movements of variables due to its own shock relative to other variables by shocking one standard deviation. …”
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The relationship between foreign exchange reserves, Pula exchange rate and inflation in Botswana by Israel, Bofelo

“…Unit root and correlation tests were run on the data to ensure the variables were stationery and error terms correlation was eliminated in the time series. …”
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Foreign Direct Investment and the Development of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in South Africa by Mkhwanazi, Thulile

“…This study used the unrestricted ARDL statistical technique in variables selection. This method kept 3 variables out of 8 initially in the model, eliminating issues of multicollinearity and unreliable coefficients with large variance and standard errors. …”
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The diurnal cycle of cloud cover over southern and central Africa by Coop, Lisa Jane

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The impact of financial development on private investment in South Africa by Hashikutuva, Lovisa Ndapewelao

“…The statistically significant variables found to explain the variance of private investment for South Africa in both the short- and long-run are market capitalization, domestic credit, growth in output as well as trade openness. …”
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Simulating the Characteristics and Influences of the Botswana High over Southern Africa using the Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS) by Maoyi, Molulaqhooa Linda

“…In all the datasets (CRU, ERA5, 20C and MPAS), the most dominant five Drought Modes (hereafter DM1-DM5) over Southern Africa jointly explain more than 60% of the interannual variability in the 3-month summer droughts for SPEI and for SPI. …”
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The use of high-resolution satellite imagery in forest inventory : a case of Hans Kanyinga Community Forest - Namibia by Kamwi, Jonathan Mutau

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Environmental predictors of Carcharodon carcharias presence at two popular beaches in False Bay, South Africa using acoustic telemetry by Van Beuningen, Dave

“…In this study, I use passive acoustic telemetry on 56 tagged white sharks to determine whether the same or other environmental variables explain variation in white shark presence at the same beaches. …”
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The role that courage plays in an experiential learning process by Shelley, Elanca

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Critical success factors, mechanisms, and information technology project success: a case study of a data migration project in a large South African organisation by Krakri, Akhona

“…However, the combination of mechanisms, success criteria, and critical success factors has not been adequately researched or widely addressed and hence the need to conduct this study which seeks to examine the aforementioned relationships and propose a modified model to explain the links among them. Objectives: The main objectives of this study are: 1) To identify and discuss the role played by success factors (input variables) in an IT project; 2) To identify and discuss the role played by success criteria (output variables) in an IT project; 3) To identify and discuss the role played by mechanisms (mediating variables) and impact thereof on an IT project; and 4) To identify, investigate and explore the interrelationships between the aforementioned constructs and how they impact the success of an IT project. …”
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How is green seen? Exploring the impact of visual elements in ‘green’ advertising

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Relative Impacts of ENSO and Indian Ocean Dipole/Zonal Mode on Southern African Rainfall by Manatsa, Desmond

“…However, ENSO which has typically been invoked as the main cause for significant rainfall variability over this region cannot adequately explain this dipole rainfall anomaly pattern. …”
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The funding models and performance of National Sports Federations affiliated to the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee

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Organisational practices and individual innovation behaviour: a non-linear approach to modelling the emergence of corporate entrepreneurship by Hind, Colene

“…Quantitative data, that was gathered using existing measuring instruments, includes variables related to human capital and organisational practices and individual innovative behaviour. …”
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The effect of disability on labour market outcomes by Ongere, Ruth Boyani

“…A pooled OLS, a random effects and a fixed effects model were applied on the panel dataset to explain the effects of disability, disability type and disability grants on labour market outcomes. …”
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The evolution and persistence of polyploidy in Oxalis obliquifolia Steud. ex A.Rich. populations in Gauteng

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