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Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Supplemental Labels In Museum Exhibits, Clint B. Eliason
Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Supplemental Labels In Museum Exhibits, Clint B. Eliason
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The present study used an experimental design to investigate the efficacy of using short (12 words or less), prominently placed supplemental labels to increase the effectiveness of select extant labels in museum exhibits. The experimenter-developed supplemental labels were designed to leverage exogenous/bottom-up and endogenous/top-down sources of influence on selective attention. Measures of patron behavior, knowledge retention, and attitude found no significant differences between group means under control and treatment conditions. These outcomes were surprising and inconsistent with findings from similar research conducted by Hirschi and Screven. The supplemental labels in the present study might have failed to capture attention because …
A Reliability Study On The Self-Report Behavioral Measure For Evaluating Therapeutic Outcome, Sharon B. Anderson
A Reliability Study On The Self-Report Behavioral Measure For Evaluating Therapeutic Outcome, Sharon B. Anderson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Statement of the Problem
Because the original reliability study using the Self-Report Behavioral Measure for Evaluating Therapeutic Outcomes (Behavioral Checklist) used college students as subjects, and since the target population for use with this instrument is a client population, there is a need for a reliability study using clients in treatment as subjects.
Objective
The objective of this study was to assess the reliability of the Behavioral Checklist using a client population. The secondary objective was to revise the Behavioral Checklist, if necessary, in order to meet the standards of reliability for testing instruments.
Methods and Procedure
Three reliability measures …
The Development Of The Blackfoot Clinical Rating Scale For Evaluating And Recording Personality Changes In Mentally Ill Patients, John R. Cochran
The Development Of The Blackfoot Clinical Rating Scale For Evaluating And Recording Personality Changes In Mentally Ill Patients, John R. Cochran
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The problem discussed in this thesis is the conception, development, and application of the Blackfoot Clinical Rating Scale, together with methods employed in establishing reliability and validity.