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Michael Manford is a statistics lecturer at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Cape Coast Technical University, Ghana. His research interest is mainly statistical distributions and statistical methods. Manford currently holds a Master’s degree in Statistics and pursuing a Doctorate degree in Statistics at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana.

Manford has been assisting various students in their project work and also those doing their thesis at masters and Ph.D. levels in terms of their methodology and data analysis. In 2011, he worked with Family Health International (FHI 360) in one of their research surveys (Bio-behavioural Surveillance Survey) where he worked as a Central Regional Supervisor. In 2015, FHI 360 engaged him as a Field Supervisor again in their 2015 Bio-behavioural Surveillance Survey. He has also worked in the Directorate of Academic Planning and Quality Assurance of Cape Coast Technical University as a Senior Planning Assistant. He is highly skilled in SPSS and Minitab. He is also competent in R-Console, Python, STATA, ArcGIS and MATLAB. In his professional life, he had to work with SPSS and Microsoft Access for data management. Apart from this, he is also an efficient user of Microsoft Office Suite and LaTex. With all that he has learned and experienced, he is always stimulated to dedicate himself to the field of Statistical Research. Among the significant areas of Statistics, he would prefer to put more emphasis on Statistical Distributions, Multivariate Analysis, Stochastic processes, Statistical Models and Time Series and Bayesian Statistics. He is currently working on “A multivariate Exponential Power Distribution” for his Ph.D. thesis.

Apart from the research and academic world, Michael Manford is a mentor, a community development advocator, an entrepreneur and a devotee of anything that adds value to his spiritual, personal, professional and academic development.

Academic Qualification

#	Qualifications
1	M.Phil(Statistics-2019,UCC), B.Sc.(Statistics-2013,UCC)
2	PhD Statistics University of Cape Coast 2024

Publications

Publications
Manford, M., Kwao Nkansah, B.,Nkansah, H., & Zakaria, A. (2024). Analternative multivariate exponentialpower distribution. Communications inStatistics - Theory and Methods, 1–19.https://doi.org/10.1080/03610926.2024.2321506
Adjokatse, I. T., Oduro-Okyireh, T., &Manford, M. (2022). Health problemsassociated with market women inclosed and open space market areas.African Journal of Applied Research, 8(1),97-107.http://doi.org/10.26437/ajar.03.2022.7
Manford, M., & Oduro-Okyireh, T.(2015) Modeling In-Patient Mobility andMortality Cases of Some InfectiousDiseases. African Journal of AppliedResearch (AJAR) Journal, 1(1), 119 –128. Retrieved fromhttps://ajaronline.com/index.php/AJAR/article/view/76

Awards & Grants

No staff awards or grants

Conferences Attended

Conference & Workshops
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Ghana; Conference on Mathematics and Its Applications (CMIA); 9th to 12th Nov, 2024; Presented on: An Alternative Multivariate Exponential Power Distribution; Organised by: African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Ghana, in collaboration with Alexander Von HumboldtStiftung/Foundation, Germany Federal Ministry of Education andResearch, and DAADThe conference provided a unique platform for researchers inmathematical sciences and its applications to present their work andto network with others in their disciplines.
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Ghana; Conference on Mathematics and Its Applications (CMIA); 27th to 30th Nov, 2023; Presented on: An Alternative Multivariate Exponential Power Distribution; Organised by: African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Ghana, in collaboration with Alexander Von HumboldtStiftung/Foundation, Germany Federal Ministry of Education andResearch, and DAADThe conference provided a unique platform for researchers inmathematical sciences and its applications to present their work andto network with others in their disciplines.
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Ghana; Probability, Analysis and Application (PAA); 30th Sept. to 4th Oct. 2019; Workshop Organised by: African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)Ghana, in collaboration with Alexander Von HumboldtStiftung/Foundation, Germany Federal Ministry of Education andResearch, and DAADThe workshop aimed to brought together renowned international andNational scientific researchers, young researchers and graduatestudents working on Probability theory, Stochastic Analysis, Statistics,Functional Analysis, Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations,Stochastic Differential Equations, Rough Differential Equations andRough Paths, McKean-Viasov Equations, etc. It was to provide aplatform to increase the cooperation between students, researchersand research centres.
Institute of Local Government, Accra, Ghana; 2nd Postgraduate Applied Research Conference in Africa; 27th to 28th Feb., 2019; Resource Person for the following topics:Cultivating the skill in designing a Good Questionnaire.Carrying out Experimental Research and Developing Simulation Organised by: Applied Research Conference in Africa (ARCA).A conference organised for postgraduate students to enable themundertake their thesis successfully.
Regent University College of Sci. and Tech., MacCarthy Hill,Accra, Ghana; 1st International Statistics Conference; 19TH – 21ST NOV., 2018; Presented on: On Exponential Power Distribution; Organised by: Ghana Statistical Association in collaboration withGhana Statistical Service.It was organised to mark African Statistics Day, where researchers,lecturers, government officials and statistics practitioners cametogether to deliberate on the use of statistics in achieving sustainabledevelopment goals. Also, participants were allowed to present theirresearch works.
Directorate of Research and Programme Accreditation, Cape Coast Technical University; 1st International Statistics Conference; 5th, 12th, AND 19th Oct., 2018; Resource Person for the following topics:Understanding the basic steps in undertaking data collection andData Analysis Organised by: Directorate of Research and Programme Accreditation,Cape Coast Technical UniversityWorkshop for final year students on Effective Research Design and Methodology.

Positions Held

No position held

Research Interests

No research interest