Joy Nwabueze
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Pastor Professor Joy Chioma Nwabueze is a distinguished Nigerian statistician, seasoned academic, and university administrator with over 37 years of teaching, research, and professional experience. She holds a B.Sc. (Statistics) and M.Sc. (Statistics) from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Ibadan, making her the first female to obtain a Ph.D. in Statistics in Nigeria and the first female Ph.D. graduate of the Department of Statistics, University of Ibadan.

Pastor Professor Joy Chioma Nwabueze is a distinguished Nigerian statistician, seasoned academic, and university administrator with over 37 years of teaching, research, and professional experience. She holds a B.Sc. (Statistics) and M.Sc. (Statistics) from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Ibadan, making her the first female to obtain a Ph.D. in Statistics in Nigeria and the first female Ph.D. graduate of the Department of Statistics, University of Ibadan.
Professor Nwabueze is a highly sought-after statistical consultant and resource person, particularly in large-scale national surveys and development programs. She has worked extensively with the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in collaboration with international partners such as UNICEF, World Bank, EU, and DFID. Notable contributions include:
• Consultant, Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS 3)
• Contributor to the National Core Welfare Indicator Questionnaire (CWIQ) and Nigeria Poverty Profile Reports
• Expert reviewer of survey instruments and methodologies for CWIQ/NLSS
• Resource person at national data dissemination and policy workshops
• Contributor to General Household Panel Surveys and post-planting data analyses

Degrees:

2000
Doctorate
Mathematical sciences
1987
Master
Mathematical sciences
1984
Undergraduate
Mathematical sciences

Publications resulting from Research
Nwabueze, J.C., Olubusoye, O.E and George, U. (2017): Forecasting and
Determining the Predictors of Gross Domestic Product per Capital in Nigeria:
A Bayesian Model Averaging Approach;41st Annual and 1st International
Statistical Conference Proceedings of Nigerian Statistical Association
Vol.1 Pp. 371-383
Anayo Charles Iwuji, Emmanuel Okereke Wilfred, Ben Ifeanyichukwu Oruh and Joy Chioma Nwabueze (2023) The Alpha Power Transformed Logistic Distributions: Properties, Application and VaR Estimation. Indonesian journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol.1 No.1,82-98

George, U. and Nwabueze, J.C. (2022): “Recent Developments in Bayesian Vector Autoregressive Models”, International Journal of Basic Science and Technology Vol. 8 (3) pp. 101-109
Nwabueze J. C. & Adehi M. U. (2020). Statistics, Government and Development in Nigeria. International Journal of Science & Research. Vol. 9 (8), August 2020. ISSN 2319-7064.

Nwakunya M.T, Onyegbuchulem, B.O & Nwabueze, J.C. (2020) B.Bounded Logistic Quantile Regression an alternative to Logistic Quantile Regression, Academic Journal of Statistics and Mathematics, Vol 6, No.7, July, 2020.

Onyegbuchulem, B.O; Nwakunya M.T, Nwabueze, J.C.& Otu, A.O (2019) Evaluation of the Assumptions of the Linear Regression Model on the Quantile Regression Model, International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Vol 2, Issue 9, September-2019.

) Onyegbuchulem, B.O; Nwakunya M.T, Nwabueze, J.C.and Otu, A.O (2019).
Choice of Appropriate Power Transformation of Skewed Distribution or Quantile Regression Model, American Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Vol.7 no 3, 105-111