Volume 17, Issue 2, August 2015, Pages 241–245
Usman Isiaka Usman1 and O. S Balogun2
1 Monitoring and Compliance Unit, Abuja Enterprise Agency, Entrepreneurial Complex, Plot 74 Sector Centre A, Cadastral Zone B15, Jahi, Abuja, Nigeria
2 Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Modibbo Adama University,Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria
Original language: English
Copyright © 2015 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The aim of the study was to obtain a discriminant function that can be used to classify the mode of delivery of pregnant women using some variables. Data from Health Records of 184 Pregnant women who delivered at the General Hospital, Wuse were used. The data consist of Mother's Weight, Height, Age and Baby's Weight, Baby's Gender and mode of delivery (Natural birth and Caesarian Section). This indicates that the Mother's Age and Mother's weight significantly affects the discrimination between the two groups. The Discriminant function D(X), which can be used in classifying the mode of delivery of women was obtained and used. The discriminant analysis gave a correct classification rate of 64.7% and misclassification rate of 35.3%.
Author Keywords: Natural birth, Caesarian section, Discriminant function, Classification.
Usman Isiaka Usman1 and O. S Balogun2
1 Monitoring and Compliance Unit, Abuja Enterprise Agency, Entrepreneurial Complex, Plot 74 Sector Centre A, Cadastral Zone B15, Jahi, Abuja, Nigeria
2 Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Modibbo Adama University,Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria
Original language: English
Copyright © 2015 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The aim of the study was to obtain a discriminant function that can be used to classify the mode of delivery of pregnant women using some variables. Data from Health Records of 184 Pregnant women who delivered at the General Hospital, Wuse were used. The data consist of Mother's Weight, Height, Age and Baby's Weight, Baby's Gender and mode of delivery (Natural birth and Caesarian Section). This indicates that the Mother's Age and Mother's weight significantly affects the discrimination between the two groups. The Discriminant function D(X), which can be used in classifying the mode of delivery of women was obtained and used. The discriminant analysis gave a correct classification rate of 64.7% and misclassification rate of 35.3%.
Author Keywords: Natural birth, Caesarian section, Discriminant function, Classification.
How to Cite this Article
Usman Isiaka Usman and O. S Balogun, “ON THE USE OF DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS IN CLASSIFICATION OF THE MODE OF DELIVERY OF AN EXPECTANT MOTHER,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 241–245, August 2015.
