PhD in Statistics from the University of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia
MSc. in Statistics from Sheffield University, England
PGD in Science from Sheffield University, England
BA in Statistics, University of Botswana
Dr Wilford Molefe is Statistician by profession and a trained survey research methodology specialist. He holds a PhD (2011) in Survey Research Methodology (sample design for small area estimation) from the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. He also holds an MSc in Statistics (1997) from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, a Post-graduate diploma in Science (1995) from the University of Sheffield and BA (1993) in Statistics degree from the University of Botswana.
He is currently a senior lecturer in the Department of the Statistics at the University of Botswana. Dr Molefe is a member of the International Biometric Society (IBS), the University of Botswana Democracy Research Project (DRP), the Botswana Statistical Association (BOSA) and the Botswana Chapter of the Afrobarometer research network.
Basic or elementary statistics
Statistical modelling
Statistical inference
Survey methodology - sample survey design, analysis methods for complex social survey data and sample design for small area estimation
Research methods
Design of surveys
Small area estimation
Applied statistics
Survey design methodology for small area estimation
- Duduzile Gorata MANYEAGAE, Wilford MOLEFE, Batlang SEABO, (2019). Assessing the Determinants of Trust in Public Institutions in Botswana: A Multilevel Linear Model Approach. Afrika Statistika. Volume 6(2), pp 663-687. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.16929/ajas/2019.663.236
- Keorapetse SEDIAKGOTLA, Wilford MOLEFE, Kehinde Dahud SHANGODOYIN, (2019). Time Series Modelling of Monthly average Temperature in Gaborone-Botswana. Afrika Statistika. Volume 6(2), pp 689-710. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.16929/ajas/2019.689.237
- W. B. Molefe (2015). Setting the small area estimation priorities in practice, Journal of the Ethiopian Statistical Association (JESA). Vol. 24 p.1-10.
- Wilford B. Molefe and Robert Graham Clark (2015). Model-assisted optimal allocation for planned domains using composite estimation, Survey Methodology. Vol. 41 No. 2 p. 377-387