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Rana Abdul Wajid

Dr. Rana is Professor and Director of the Centre for Mathematics & Statistical Sciences at the Lahore School of Economics. He has a M.Sc. in Statistics from the University of the Punjab, M.Sc. in Social Statistics from University of Southampton, England specializing in Survey Sampling. He also holds a PhD in Statistics from Iowa State University, Ames, USA. He teaches Statistics, Statistical Quality Control, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting and Research Methods at Lahore School.

Dr Rana has over thirty five years of teaching experience at Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, University of the Punjab Lahore and Iowa State University, Ames USA. He has more than twenty research papers to his credit. He has attended a number of national and international conferences. His research interest lies in Data Analysis, Survey Sampling and Statistical Quality Control. 

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  1. “ Marginal Benefits and Cost of Fertilizer Subsidy in Pakistan” Economic Journal, Government College, Lahore. Vol. 28 (2+1) / 1995.
  2. “Bayes Estimator of Variance using Gibbs Sampler in repeated samples of Size one.” Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, Vol.16, No.2 (1997).
  3. “ Asymptotic Properties of the Mean Moving Range of observations with different Population Means.” Pakistan Journal of Statistics Vol.14, No.2 (1998).
  4. “ Relative Variance Covariance Matrix as an alternative to Variance Covariance and Correlation Matrices in Principal Component Analysis” Journal of Applied Statistical Sciences Vol.17, No.1(1998).
  5. “ Some properties of Mean Moving Range as an estimator of Standard Deviation of observations with different Population Means.” Scientific Khyber Vol. 11, No.2 (1998).
  6. “Maximum Likelihood Estimators of Variance in repeated samples of Size one.” Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences. Vol.17,No.2 (1998).
  7. “ Comparing Domain Means in two Stage Sampling using Superpopulation models.” Pakistan Journal of Statistics Vol.14, No.3 (1998).
  8. Ultrasonographic Estimation of Fetal weight.” The Professional, Vol 5, No.4 (1998)
  9. “Study of Impact of Clustering on Estimation of Difference in Domain Means using Model based Approach.” Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences. Vol.18,No.2 (1998).
  10. “ Estimation of Sigma based on the Moving range of two consecutive observation not Independently and Identically distributed.” Research Journal (Science), Baha-ud-Din Zakariya University, Multan, Vol.10, No.1, 2 (1999).
  11. “The G/M/r Machine Interference Model with a Mixture of Priority and Ordinary Machines” Pakistan Journal of Statistics Vol.16, No.3 (2000).
  12. “Effect of Salanity and SAR of Irrigation Water on Yield, Physiological growth parameters of Maiz (ZEA MAYSL) and properties of the soil.” Research Journal (Science), Baha-ud-Din Zakariya University, Multan, Vol.12, No.1, 2 (2001).
  13. “Brackish Water for Irrigation II: Effects on Yields of Wheat and Properties of Bhalwal Soil Series” International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, Vol.4, No.3 (2002).
  14. “Response of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) to EC and SAR of Irrigation Water.” International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, Vol.4, No.3 (2002).
  15. “Evaluation of Water Quality Guidelines for different Soil Series.” Research Journal (Science), Baha-ud-Din Zakariya University, Multan, Vol.14, No.1 (2003).
  16. “Comparative Distributions of Hazard Modeling Analysis.” Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research, Vol.2, No.2 (2006)
  17. “Factors Affecting Financial Advisor’s Perception in Portfolio Management: With Reference To Pakistan” Presented at the Oxford Business and Economics Conference held in Oxford, England, June 24-26, 2009.
  18. “Impact of IT Software systems on Organizational Performance: An Overview of Pakistani Companies.” Journal of Agriculture and Social Sciences, Vol. 5, No. 1,2 (2009).
  19. “Application of Islamic banking instrument (Bai Salam) for agriculture financing in Pakistan”, British Food Journal, Vol. 111, No.3 (2009)
  20. “Information Technology in Pakistan: An Analysis of Problems Faced in IT Implementing by Pakistan’s Banking and Manufacturing Companies”, Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 29, No.1 (2009)
  21. “Relationship between Demographic Characteristics and Burnout among Public Sector University Teachers of Lahore” Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary research in Business, Vol. 3, No.4 (2011)
  22. “Relationship between Demographic Characteristics and Work Engagement among Public Sector University Teachers of Lahore” Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary research in Business, Vol. 3, No.6 (2011)
  23. “The big five personality traits and their relationship with work engagement among public sector university teachers of Lahore” African Journal of Business Management, Vol. 7(15) (2013)
  24. Graduate Student Advisor, Baha-ud-Din Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
  25. “Age at Marriage in Multan City during 1987": Survey Report” “Fertility Levels among Working Women": Survey Report” "Impact of Family Planing Program": Survey Report