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Problem A: Characteristics Of Knox County Beef Producers And Their Farms; Problem B: Management Practices Of Knox County Beef Producers; Problem C: Factors Influencing Beef Management Practice Adoption By Knox County Beef Producers, Clyde N. Taylor
Masters Theses
PROBLEM A: CHARACTERISTICS OF KNOX COUNTY BEEF PRODUCERS AND THEIR FARMS
This study was conducted in Knox County, Tennessee for the purpose of determining selected characteristics of beef producers and their farms. The study was based on a survey-type interview and reflects information for developing a county plan of action. The producers were interviewed and then classified in low, medium and high groups, depending on the number of pounds of beef sold per cow in 1970. Main comparisons were between high and low categories.
Major findings indicated that cattlemen interviewed in Knox County had the following characteristics: (1) 71 percent …
Problem A: Characteristics Of Marshall County Beef Producers And Their Farms; Problem B: Management Practices Of Marshall County Beef Producers; Problem C: Factors Influencing Beef Management Practice Adoption By Marshall County Beef Producers, Lester Ray Brewer
Masters Theses
PROBLEM A: CHARACTERISTICS OF MARSHALL COUNTY BEEF PRODUCERS AND THEIR FARMS
This study was made in Marshall County, Tennessee, to determine the characteristics of Marshall County Beef producers and their farms. The study was based on a survey-type interview and reflects information for developing a county plan of action. The producers were classified into low, medium, and high groups, depending on the number of pounds of beef sold per cow in 1970.
A close analysis indicates that cattlemen interviewed in Marshall County had the following characteristics: (1) 60 percent were considered friendly toward the survey; (2) 58 percent were full-time …
A Career Development Model For Kindergarten Through Sixth Grade, John Pryor Acuff
A Career Development Model For Kindergarten Through Sixth Grade, John Pryor Acuff
Masters Theses
There is not a unified program of career development for kindergarten through the sixth grade which would properly prepare the child for the task of making realistic career decisions.
The purposes were: (1) to identify what content is now being taught in on-going career development programs for K-6; (2) to establish a sequential pattern for the curriculum content of a career development program for K-6; (3) to identify what content should be taught in career development programs for K-6 and objectives.
To obtain information about career development programs for objectives one and two, 23 letters were written to state vocational …
Problem C: The Influences Of Assumptions And Values On Intercultural Interactions, Anthony C. Griffin
Problem C: The Influences Of Assumptions And Values On Intercultural Interactions, Anthony C. Griffin
Masters Theses
This study has attempted to draw together and more clearly define some of the cultural assumptions and values that may influence our behavior as human beings. More specifically, it has attempted to clarify how these assumptions and values may influence the behavior of individuals in cross-cultural situations.
Assumptions were defined as the predispositions people employ to explain and pattern the world in a rational manner. Assumptions are relatively vague and very difficult to define or measure. Values are the explicit reflections of cultural assumptions, and are relatively concrete, specific, and more easily explained or measured than assumptions.
Considerable emphasis was …
Problem B: Factors Associated With Levels Of Living Of The Elderly In Hamblen County, Tennessee, Anthony C. Griffin
Problem B: Factors Associated With Levels Of Living Of The Elderly In Hamblen County, Tennessee, Anthony C. Griffin
Masters Theses
The purpose of this investigation was to identify some of the factors associated with the levels of living of elderly residents of Hamblen County, Tennessee. Levels of living were determined by the number of selected home improvements items possessed by each household.
Multiple regression analysis was the statistical tool used to assess levels of living. Possession of these home improvement items was analyzed according to 11 independent variables.
The variable "education of the female" accounted for approximately 18 percent of the variation in levels of living, and appeared to be the best overall predictor of variations in level of living …