Dr. M.C. Alibuhtto

Cinque Terre

Senior Lecturer Gr.I in Statistics
Dept. of Mathematical Sciences
Faculty of Applied Sciences

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Basic Information

Dr. MC. ALIBUHTTO

Designation Senior Lecturer Gr.I in Statistics
Department / Unit Dept. of Mathematical Sciences
Faculty Faculty of Applied Sciences
Tele. No. +94 67 2221677
Mobile No. +94 77 620 1677
Email mcabuhtto@seu.ac.lk
mcabuhtto@gmail.com

Qualifications

  • M.Phil (UPDN)
  • M.Sc (UPDN)
  • BSc (Hons) (SEUSL)

Positions Held

  • Special Degree Programme Coordinator - Applied Statistics
  • Subject Coordinator - Applied Statistics
  • Student Counsellor
  • Treasurer / Senior Common Room Association
  • Computer Lab In charge - FAS
  • Assistant Secretary / South Eastern University Teachers Association
  • Personal In charge for IT-IRQUE Project
  • Subject Coordinator - Statistics and Mathematics-FAC
  • Life Member, Applied Statistics Association of Sri Lanka
  • Committee Member, Senior Common Room Association, FAS
  • Student Counsellor
  • Member, Curriculum Revision Committee, FAS
  • Member, Curriculum Revision Committee, FAC
  • Mentor

Teaching Areas

  • Regression Analysis
  • Time Series Analysis
  • Non-Parametric Data Analysis
  • Probability Distributions
  • Statistical Software Applications - MINITAB
  • SPSS
  • SAS
  • EViews
  • R
  • Social Statistics
  • Programming in Visual Basic and C++

Research Interest

  • Forecasting and Modelling
  • Multicollinearity
  • Social Science

Journal Articles

  • Alibuhtto M.C. (2014). Modeling Volatility of Colombo Consumer Price Index: A Vector Autoregressive Approach, Journal of Management, (Paper Accepted).

Conference Papers

  • Alibuhtto, M.C., and Peiris, T. S. G., (2012). Modelling Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) Using Time Sereis ARIMA Models, Proceeding of the First Annual Conference-2012 of Emerging Issues in Management and Finance held on 09 - 10 April, SEUSL.
  • Alibuhtto, M.C., and Peiris, T. S. G., (2013). Modelling Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) Using ARIMA Model, Proceeding of the Third International Symposium-2013 held on 06 - 07 July, SEUSL.
  • Alibuhtto, M.C., (2013). Modelling Fresh Coconut Exports using Time Series Approach, Proceeding of the Third International Symposium-2013 held on 06 - 07 July, SEUSL.
  • Alibuhtto, M.C., (2014). Analyzing Volatility of Colombo Consumer Price Index using GARCH Models, Proceeding of the Fourth International Symposium-2014 held on 02 – 03 August, SEUSL.( ISBN: 978-955-627-053-2)
  • Mufliha Saras and Alibuhtto M.C. (2014). A Logistic Regression Model to Identify the Factors Influencing on the Performance of Grade Five Student’s Scholarship Examination, Annual Science Research Session – 2014, Faculty of Applied Sciences, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
  • Abdul Rahuman M.M. and Alibuhtto M.C. (2014). A Study on Errors Made by Tamil Speaking Adult Students in Using WH-Questions in English. Annual Research Session – 2014, Faculty of Arts and Culture, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.

Workshops & Trainings

Workshops Participated

  • 2014, Grading System for Auxiliary / Enhancement Courses, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka.
  • 2013, Short course on Sampling Techniques, Survey Design and Analysis , Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya
  • 2013, Data Analysis using R and R-Studio, Postgraduate Institute of Sciences, University of Peradeniya
  • 2008, Quality Related Issues in Higher Education, Quality Assurance and Accreditation Council (QAAC).
  • 2008, "Innovative and Iterative Teaching Methods", Quality Assurance and Accreditation Council (QAAC)
  • 2007, Distance Learning Development, "Implementation and Capacity Building", Staffordshire University.
  • 2006, Actuarial Statistics: Mathematical and Computational Applications, Postgraduate Institute of Sciences, University of Peradeniya.
  • 2006, Computer and Computational Mathematics , Postgraduate Institute of Sciences, University of Peradeniya
  • 2003, Contemporary Social Issues in Sri Lanka, Organized by Faculty of Arts and Culture, SEUSL

Resource Person

  • Resource Person in Statistics for Student thesis "Data Analysis and Presentation Using SPSS, SAS and Minitab"
  • Resource Person in Statistics for Staff thesis "Data Analysis and Presentation Using SPSS, SAS and Minitab"
  • Resource Person in Minitab for Environmental Officers , Sponsored by USAID

  • Resource Person in Statistics for Staff of Department of Social Sciences "Data Analysis and Presentation Using SPSS", Sponsored by IRQUE.
  • Resource Person in Training for Statistical Software for Student of SEUSL "Data Analysis and Presentation Using SPSS", Sponsored by IRQUE.
  • Conducted a Seminar in IT for Students of Km/ Carmel Fatima National School and Km/ Mahmud Ladies, Kalmuanai.