Professional Bio:

Dr. Karanjah Anthony is a Senior Lecturer in Statistics at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Multimedia University of Kenya, where he also serves as the Coordinator of Postgraduate Programmes in Statistics. He is an experienced academic with over two decades of teaching, research, mentorship, and academic leadership.

Dr. Karanjah holds a PhD and MSc in Mathematical Statistics from the University of Nairobi, and a Bachelor of Education (Mathematics and Economics) from Kenyatta University. His academic expertise lies in statistical modeling, quantitative methods, and applied statistics, with extensive experience teaching at undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels.

At Multimedia University of Kenya, Dr. Karanjah plays a central role in coordinating postgraduate programmes, supporting curriculum development, and mentoring students. He has supervised numerous postgraduate students and continues to guide learners as a career advisor. His professional interests focus on statistical modeling and data-driven research aimed at supporting evidence-based decision-making and advancing academic scholarship.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Doctor of Philosophy, Mathematical Statistics, University of Nairobi
2. Master of Science Degree, Mathematical Statistics, University of Nairobi
3. Bachelor Education Degree, Mathematics and Economics, Kenyatta University

RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS – Peer reviewer:

Cogent Engineering, part of the Taylor & Francis Group, covers all areas of engineering and technology, from chemical engineering to computer science, and mechanical to materials engineering.

https://www.tandfonline.com/topic/allsubjects/ma

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS – Published and Submitted for consideration:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=&user=omrr2XsAAAAJ

1. Paper title: The Difference of the variance functions between two estimated

responses for a fourth order rotatable design in two dimensions

Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, 2008, page 184-192

http://www.mathem.pub.ro/apps/v10/A10.htm

2. Paper title: The Variance function of the difference between two estimated

responses for a fourth order rotatable design in two dimensions

Far East Journal of Theoretical Statistics, Vol. 26, Iss. 2,

Pages 177 – 191 (November 2008)

http://www.pphmj.com/abstract/3747.htm

www.pphmj.com/journals/articles/463.htm

3. Paper title:  Variable selection for marginal longitudinal models

American Open Mathematics Journal

Vol. 2 No. 1 March 2015, pp 1-9.

http://www.rekpub.com/American%20Open%20Mathematics%20Journal/AOMJ_Vol.%202,%20No.%201,%20March%202015/Variable.pdf

4. Paper title:  The variance function of the difference between two

estimated responses in regulating blood sugar level in a diabetic using

International herbal medicine.

International Journal of Engineering Studies and Technical Approach

Volume 01, No.7, July, 2015 pp 18-29

ISSN: 2395-0900.

http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/96702

http://ijesta.com/upcomingissue/04.07.2015.pdf

 

5. Paper title Survival Analysis on Undergraduate Students’ Persistence: Case study.

International Journal on Future Revolution in Computer   Science &

Communication Engineering.

May 2018, Issue 4 Volume 5, pp 67-70.

ISSN: 2454-4248.

http://www.ijfrcsce.org/index.php/ijfrcsce/issue/view/46

6. Paper title Application of the variance function difference between two estimate responses in regulating blood sugar level in a diabetic using herbal Formula.

International Journal on Future Revolution in Computer   Science &

Communication Engineering.

May 2018, Issue 4 Volume 5, pp 104-109.

ISSN: 2454-4248

http://www.ijfrcsce.org/index.php/ijfrcsce/issue/view/46

7. Paper title Influence of Teacher Qualification on Students’ Performance in

Mathematics in the Uasin Gishu County.

The International Journal of Humanities and Social Studies

Volume 6, Issue 5, May 2018

ISSN 2321 – 9203

http://www.internationaljournalcorner.com/index.php/theijhss/issue/view/8028

8. Paper title Forecasting Future Customer Call Volumes: Case Study

International Journal on Future Revolution in Computer   Science &

Communication Engineering.

June 2018, Issue 4 Volume 6, pp 12-16

ISSN: 2454-4248

http://www.ijfrcsce.org/index.php/ijfrcsce/issue/view/47

9. Paper title Analysis of Credit Risk on Microfinance Loans Using Survival

Analysis Techniques: A Case Study

International Journal on Future Revolution in Computer   Science &

Communication Engineering

August 2018, Issue 4 Volume 8, pp 14-18

ISSN: 2454-4248

http://www.ijfrcsce.org/index.php/ijfrcsce/issue/view/49

10. Paper title Empirical Comparison of Relative Precision of Geometric Measure of

                        Variation about the Mean and Standard Deviation

International Journal of Recent Engineering Research and Development

October 2019, Volume 04 Issue 10 pp 01-12

(IJRERD) ISSN: 2455-8761

http://www.ijrerd.com/volume4-issue10.html

11. Paper title Modelling Geometric Measure of Variation About the Population Mean

American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics

September 2019, Volume 8 Issue 5, pp 179-184

ISSN: 2326-8999 (Print); ISSN: 2326-9006 (Online)

http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/archive?journalid=146&issueid=1460805

12. Paper title Determining the Unbiased Estimator of the Population Geometric

measure of Variation about the Mean.

International Journal of Innovative Studies in Science and Engineering

Technology.

2020, Volume 6 Issue 4, pp 19-24

https://ijisset.org/issues/year-2020/volume-6-issue-4

13. Paper title Estimating Average Variation About the Population Mean Using

                        Geometric Measure of Variation

International Journal of Statistical Distributions and Applications

June 2020, Volume 6 issue 2, pp 23-35

ISSN: 2472-3487 (Print); ISSN: 2472-3509 (Online)

http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/ijsda

14. Paper title Strategies of Households resilience in adapting to challenges in Turkana

County

American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics

September 2020, Volume 9 Issue 5, pp 228-237

ISSN: 2326-8999 (Print); ISSN: 2326-9006 (Online)

http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/paperinfo?journalid=146&doi=10.11648/j.ajtas.20200905.16

15. Paper title Measuring the Socio-economic Status of adopters of indigenous chicken in

areas of Machakos County, Kenya: Application of Principal Component

                        Analysis.

American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics.

November 2020, Volume 9 Issue 6, pp. 267-271.

ISSN Online: 2326-9006;ISSN 2326-8999

https://sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/146/archive/1460906

16. Paper title Survival analysis of sputum conversion time among patients with

drug-resistant tuberculosis in Kenya

Insights of Bioinformatics

May 2022. Volume 2 Issue 1, pp 9-20.

DOI: 10.36959/317/681

https://scholars.direct/journal.php?jid=bioinformatics.

17. Paper title Retrospective Analysis of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis and the

Associated Treatment Outcomes in Kenya

Insights of Bioinformatics

May 2022, Volume 2 Issue 1, pp 21-29

DOI: 10.36959/317/682 https://scholars.direct/journal.php?jid=bioinformatics

18. Paper title Modelling Prices of Petroleum Products and Their Volatilities

Using Artificial Neural Networks

International Journal of Recent Engineering Research and

Development (IJRERD)

October 2022, Volume 07 Issue 10, pp 09-25

ISSN: 2455-8761

http://www.ijrerd.com/volume7-issue10.html

19. Paper title Discrete Markov Chains with Embedded Regression for Simple

Win-Loss Models

International Journal of Recent Engineering Research and Development (IJRERD)

November 2022, Volume 07 Issue 11, pp 01-05

ISSN: 2455-8761

http://www.ijrerd.com/volume7-issue11.html

20. Paper title Forecasting Tea Prices and their Volatility in Kenya.  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366158462

December 2022

21. Paper title Properties and Construction Method for Symmetric Balanced Incomplete

Block Design with  has been accepted and will be published

American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics.

July 2023, Volume 12 Issue 1, pp 13-17

ISSN: 2326-8999 (Print); ISSN: 2326-9006 (Online)

doi: 10.11648/j.ajtas.20231201.12

http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/ajtas

22. Paper title Derivation of Two Associate PBIBD from Necessary Properties of BIBD

American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics.

July 2023, Volume 12 Issue 4, pp 66-71

ISSN: 2326-8999 (Print); ISSN: 2326-9006 (Online)

DOI:1 10.11648/j.ajtas.20231204.11

http://www.ajtas.org/article/146/10.11648.j.ajtas.20231204.11

23. Paper title Derived Reduced Balanced Incomplete Block Design

Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics

August 2023, Volume 24 Issue 3, pp 1-7

ISSN: 2582-0230

DOI:10.9734/ajpas/2023/v24i3524

https://doi.org/10.9734/ajpas/2023/v24i3524

24. Paper title Residual Reduced Balanced Incomplete Block Design

American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics

September 2023, Volume 12 Issue 5, pp 117-119

ISSN: 2326-8999 (Print); ISSN: 2326-9006 (Online)

DOI: 10.11648/j.ajtas.20231205.13

http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/ajtas

 

25. Paper title Construction of Non-Symmetric Balanced Incomplete Block Design

                        through Combination of Symmetric Disjoint Balanced Incomplete Block

                        Designs

Open Journal of Statistics

December 2023, Volume 13 Issue 6 (Online)

ISSN Online: 2161-7198 ISSN Print: 2161-718X

doi: 10.4236/ojs.2023.136040.

https://scirp.org/journal/paperinformation?paperid=129648

26. Paper title Three-parameters Gumbel Distribution: Formulation and

Parameter Estimation

International Journal of Statistical Distributions and Applications

April 2024. Volume 10, Issue 2, Page 25-37, 2024;

ISSN: 2472-3487 (Print); ISSN: 2472-3509 (Online)

doi: 10.11648/j.ijsd.20241002.12

https://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/379/archive/3791002

27. Paper title Premium Estimation of General Insurance Contracts Using Buhlmann

                        Credibility Model

                        Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics

May 2024. Volume 26, Issue 5, Page 64-71, 2024;

Article no. AJPAS.117165

ISSN: 2582-0230

DOI: https://doi.org/10.9734/ajpas/2024/v26i5619

https://journalajpas.com/index.php/AJPAS/article/view/619

28. Paper title Sentiment Classification of Safaricom PLC Social Media Sentiments on X

Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics

May 2024. Volume 26, Issue 6, Page 34-40, 2024;

Article no. AJPAS.117163

ISSN: 2582-0230

DOI: 10.9734/ajpas/2024/v26i6622

https://journalajpas.com/index.php/AJPAS/article/view/622

29. Paper title Three parameters Gumbel: Properties and Application

                        Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics

July 2024. Volume 26, Issue 8, Page 28-57, 2024;

ISSN: 2582-0230

DOI: 10.9734/ajpas/2024/v26i8636

https://journalajpas.com/index.php/AJPAS/issue/view/108

 

30. Paper title Joint spatial and spatiotemporal methods for modelling infectious

                        diseases: a systematic review

                        Pan African medical Journal

Jul 2024 Volume 14, Article 14

ISSN: 2707-2800

DOI: 10.11604/pamj-oh.2024.14.14.42127

https://www.one-health.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/14/14/full

31. Paper title Functional Time Series Models For K-Step Prediction of Sugar

                        Production: A Case Study of Eswatini, Kenya, And South Africa

                        Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics

August 2024. Volume 26, Issue 9, Page 27-38, 2024;

ISSN: 2582-0230

DOI: https://doi.org/10.9734/ajpas/2024/v26i9644

https://journalajpas.com/index.php/AJPAS/article/view/644/1282

32. Paper title Analyzing the Spread of Dengue Fever in Kenya using the Zero-Inflated

Poisson Modeling approach

                         Journal of Public Health in Africa                 

January 2025. Volume16, Issue 1, Page 1-8,

ISSN: (Online) 2038-9930, (Print) 2038-9922

https://publichealthinafrica.org/index.php/jphia/article/view/781

33. Paper title Integrating Social Media Sentiments with Extreme Gradient Boosting for

                        Stock Price Prediction: A Case Study on Safaricom PLC

                        International Journal of Mathematics and Computer Research                      

July 2025 Volume 13 Issue 07, Page 5466-5474

ISSN: 2320-7167

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47191/ijmcr/v13i7.16

https://ijmcr.in/index.php/ijmcr/article/view/1009

34. Paper title Functional time series models for dynamic updating prediction

of sugar production

                        International Journal of Mathematics and Computer Research

                        Volume 13 Issue 08 August 2025, Page no. – 5496-5509

                        ISSN: 2320-7167

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47191/ijmcr/v13i8.01

https://ijmcr.in/index.php/ijmcr/article/view/1019

 

35. Paper title Bayesian Model for Predicting Voting Behavior in Presidential

Elections in Kenya

Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics

                        Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2025, Page 134-142,

ISSN: 2582-0230

DOI: https://doi.org/10.9734/ajpas/2025/v27i8798

https://pr.sdiarticle5.com/review-history/141838

36. Paper title Public Debt Forecasting in Kenya: Integrating Macroeconomic

Variables with Arimax and Extreme Gradient Boosting

                        International Journal of Mathematics and Computer Research

                        Volume 13 Issue 08 August 2025, Page no. – 5548-5557

                        ISSN: 2320-7167

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47191/ijmcr/v13i8.01

https://ijmcr.in/index.php/ijmcr/article/view/1028/794

RESEARCH-PhD- Funding/Grants:

Design and analysis of experiments: Response surface methodology

December 2014: School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi

National Council for Science and Technology: 2011/2012 Research Grants Kshs. 1.1 Million spread for the three academic years.

CONTACTS:

• mail Address: akaranjah@mmu.ac.ke

tkaranjah@gmail.com