The Jordanian Governments’ Role in Supporting the Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

This study aims to identify the role of the Jordanian governments in supporting the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Jordan . This qualitative study was carried out in Salt city in Jordan . The findings of this study revealed that there were several main roles of governments’ support to the competitiveness of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Jordan . These four main roles were namely provision of access to capital for opening and improving the business, provision of access to capital for skills and knowledge development, improvement of entrepreneurs’ relations, and promoting entrepreneurship . In accordance, it can be concluded that the governments’ funds are the basic components in the success of the efforts to improve the competitiveness level of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Salt city in Jordan . Besides, it is recommended that the government and its related institutions have to implement efforts to fund and support the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises as well as to improve their level of competitiveness. Keywords: small and medium enterprises, government support, fund

Using the Linear Discriminant Analysis Method to Classify Types of Bowels and Esophageal cancer in Jordan

The research aims at achieving the best linear model to distinguish between two types of Bowels and Esophageal cancer in Jordan, using the methodofdiscriminant analysis, the SPSS program was used to analyze the data. The study concluded a number of results, the most prominent of which were: the variables sex (x1), weight (x3), and Platelets Count P.C (x8) which have a significant impact in constructing the discriminatory function. The probability of correct classification of a disease belonging to the first group was equal to (62.8%) and to the second group was equal to (77%). The probability of misclassification in the first group, was equal to (37.2%), and for the second group was (23%), the overall correct classification ratio (71.6%) and the false classification ratio (28.4%),the probability of correct classification of a disease belonging to the first group was equal to (66.4%) and the second group was equal to (77.6%). It was noted that the discriminant analysis method was able to identify the most important independent variables in the diagnosis of both types of Bowel and Esophageal cancer