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Multivariate Regression Techniques for Analyzing AutoCrash Variables in Nigeria
Olushina Olawale Awe1*...
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Journal of Natural Sciences Research www.
iiste.
org
ISSN 2224-3186 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0921 (Online)
Vol.
1, No.
1, 2011
19 | P a g e
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org
Multivariate Regression Techniques for Analyzing AutoCrash Variables in Nigeria
Olushina Olawale Awe1*
Mumini Idowu Adarabioyo2
1.
Department of Mathematics, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
2.
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti,
Nigeria.
*E-mail of the corresponding author: olawaleawe@yahoo.
co.
uk
Abstract
It is unequivocally indisputable that motor vehicle accidents have increasingly become a
major cause of concern for highway safety engineers and transportation agencies in
Nigeria over the last few decades.
This great concern has led to so many research
activities, in which multivariate statistical analysis is inevitable.
In this paper, we explore
some regression models to capture the interconnectedness among accident related
variables in Nigeria.
We find that all the five variabl
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