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Gumbo Yearbook, Class Of 1981, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College Jan 1981

Gumbo Yearbook, Class Of 1981, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

Gumbo Yearbook

The Gumbo yearbook chronicles the entire academic year at LSU. In words and especially photos, the Gumbo shows the people, places, and events that make each year unique. In addition to formal portraits of schools and departments, the book contains hundreds of snapshots of students with their friends and dozens of pages showcasing organizations.

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Academic Achievement, Self-Concept And Attitudes Towards Reading Of Students In Bilingual And Traditional Programs., Theresa Doris Chretien Jan 1981

Academic Achievement, Self-Concept And Attitudes Towards Reading Of Students In Bilingual And Traditional Programs., Theresa Doris Chretien

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study was designed to investigate the comparative achievement in reading and mathematics, self-concept, and attitude towards reading of bilingually educated and traditionally educated students. To determine differences in achievement, 239 third- and sixth-grade students enrolled in bilingual education (French-English) and traditional education classes in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, were pre- and post-tested with standardized instruments in word knowledge, reading comprehension, self-concept, and attitude towards reading. The findings were tested statistically at the .05 level. In academic achievement, there were significant differences between the two groups only in mathematics computation, favoring bilingually educated students at the third-grade level and traditionally …

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The Female Archetypes In Swinburne's Early Work, 1857-1871., Betty Moss Duffy Jan 1981

The Female Archetypes In Swinburne's Early Work, 1857-1871., Betty Moss Duffy

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

From "Queen Yseult," 1857, to "Hertha" of Songs before Sunrise, 1871, three archetypes--the femme fatale, the Terrible Mother, and the androgyne--dominate Swinburne's poems, dramas, and novels. These archetypes project the dominant artistic conflict of the Victorian period, the controversy over the function of art and the role of the artist, for they symbolize the psychological and cultural conflict between the doctrine of art for art's sake and its antithesis, art for morality's sake. The femme fatale becomes a symbol of art and beauty, the goal of the artist-androgyne's aesthetic quest. Her masochistic lover strives to possess beauty in the form …

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The Regulation And Conservation Of Petroleum Resources In Louisiana, 1901-1940. (Volumes I And Ii)., Brady Michael Banta Jan 1981

The Regulation And Conservation Of Petroleum Resources In Louisiana, 1901-1940. (Volumes I And Ii)., Brady Michael Banta

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation examines the State of Louisiana's policies and programs for the conservation and regulation of petroleum resources during the period 1901-1940. Where possible, it explores the relationship between Louisiana's regulatory policies and those of other petroleum-producing states, but it offers no comparative judgments regarding the effectiveness and success of these policies. Furthermore, the study considers contemporary federal policies and programs only when they had a direct influence on actions taken or decisions made by state officials in Louisiana. Within the limitations set forth above, this study explores the development, implementation, and effectiveness of Louisiana's petroleum conservation programs; the administrative …

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The Social Environments Of Nursing Homes And Their Consequences For The Styles Of Participation Of Older Residents., Susan Mclaughlin Cole Jan 1981

The Social Environments Of Nursing Homes And Their Consequences For The Styles Of Participation Of Older Residents., Susan Mclaughlin Cole

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This exploratory, descriptive study of the social environments of two nursing homes and of the styles of participation that old residents develop has been guided by the symbolic interactionist premise that people act toward things on the basis of the meanings these things have for them. Participant observation was the primary data gathering technique, but two survey type instruments were also used. The goals of the study were to make contributions to (1) the building of grounded, substantive theory in social gerontology; (2) improving data gathering techniques appropriate for studies of old people; and (3) solving practical problems in nursing …

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Sharps Rifles And Spanish Mules: The San Antonio - El Paso Mail, 1851-1864. (Volumes I And Ii)., Wayne Randolph Austerman Jan 1981

Sharps Rifles And Spanish Mules: The San Antonio - El Paso Mail, 1851-1864. (Volumes I And Ii)., Wayne Randolph Austerman

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Between 1851 and 1861 a succession of federal mail contractors operated overland stage companies between San Antonio and El Paso, Texas. At different times during this period they expanded their service to include Santa Fe, New Mexico and San Diego, California in the system as well. They thus provided not only commercial transportation to most of the major population centers in the American Southwest, but also created the first transcontinental postal service in the nation's history. These pioneering enterprises aided the region's development with improved communications and the infusion of government funds into an area that was admittedly dependent upon …

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Cooperative Relationships Of County Extension Agents And Teachers Of Vocational Agriculture In Louisiana., Donald Anthony Buddle Sr Jan 1981

Cooperative Relationships Of County Extension Agents And Teachers Of Vocational Agriculture In Louisiana., Donald Anthony Buddle Sr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Abstract Not Available.

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Convective Heat Transfer For Steady Laminar Flow Between Two Confocal Elliptic Pipes With Uniform Longitudinal Wall Temperature Gradient And Heat Generation., Mohammad Ali Ebadian Jan 1981

Convective Heat Transfer For Steady Laminar Flow Between Two Confocal Elliptic Pipes With Uniform Longitudinal Wall Temperature Gradient And Heat Generation., Mohammad Ali Ebadian

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Convective heat transfer for steady laminar flow between two confocal elliptic pipes with uniform heat generation and longitudinal uniform wall temperature gradient under various heating conditions is presented in analytical closed form utilizing the exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes and energy equations. It is shown that the product of the dimensionless longitudinal uniform wall temperature gradient and Peclet number along with the magnitude of the heat generation affect the problem. The values of Nusselt numbers for several values of ellipticity and core size are obtained and presented in graphical and numerical form.

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An Instructional Sequence In Experimental Design And Statistics For Graduate Music Therapy Students., Anthony Arthur Decuir Jan 1981

An Instructional Sequence In Experimental Design And Statistics For Graduate Music Therapy Students., Anthony Arthur Decuir

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to develop a course in experimental design and statistics for graduate music therapy students. This study was developed in order to address, specifically, research problems in music therapy. Two recent independent studies of graduate research projects of music therapy studies indicated that the chief deficiencies were inadequate research designs and the under-utilization of statistical devices. As an addendum to the development of the course, a survey of the statistical course offerings in graduate and undergraduate music therapy curricula was conducted. The sixty-four music therapy departments approved by the National Association for Music Therapy were …

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An Evaluation Of Methods Used In Screening Progenies For Sugarcane Mosaic Virus Resistance., Donald Benjamin Fontenot Jan 1981

An Evaluation Of Methods Used In Screening Progenies For Sugarcane Mosaic Virus Resistance., Donald Benjamin Fontenot

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The methods used in screening sugarcane (Saccharum sp.) for resistance to sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) were studied, with emphasis on greenhouse techniques, natural spread in unselected progenies and screening effectiveness. Greenhouse procedures were studied at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, while field tests were conducted at the St. Gabriel Experiment Station. In greenhouse studies progenies with resistant parents showed the highest resistance to infection by mechanical inoculation, followed by canes with one resistant parent. In natural field spread tests, canes of Resistant x Susceptible parents showed significantly (P < 0.05) less resistance after one test year, and no significant (P < 0.05) differences were found between resistance of any susceptibility classes the second year. The commercial check cane NCo 310 showed highly significant (P < 0.01) susceptibility when compared to canes of the other parental classes or the commercial check CP65-357. Random samples from sixteen crosses, totaling over 3200 screened seedlings, showed that 10.2 percent of these plants showed visual mosaic symptoms when allowed to grow out, unclipped, in another greenhouse. Rio sorghum, which is an indicator host of the virus strains used for inoculation, was used as uninoculated checks, and did not show symptoms. This indicates the clipping of seedlings before field transfer may be a means for virus spread into field populations. More sanitary techniques may have to be devised to accomplish this task. Results of a paired comparison test in 1979-80 showed that populations containing screened seedlings showed significant (P < 0.05) and highly significant (P < 0.01) levels of mosaic over unscreened populations. Mechanical transfer was eliminated wherever possible by minimum tillage, and plots were cut with a sugarcane harvester after plants had been dead for several weeks due to freezing and drying.

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Statistical Spectroscopy Study Of Alpha Particle Transfer Strengths., Calvin Ray Countee Jan 1981

Statistical Spectroscopy Study Of Alpha Particle Transfer Strengths., Calvin Ray Countee

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Statistical nuclear spectroscopy or spectral distribution methods have been developed by French and coworkers as an alternative, applicable in huge model spaces, to the conventional shell model approach for studying nuclear structure. The theory is based on the operation of a central limit theorem in large model spaces which yields a shape close to Gaussian for the smoothed eigenstate density distribution. The theory emphasizes the importance of traces of bilinear products of operators acting in a model space. Utilizing this and partitioning the model space according to group symmetries leads to an algorithm for expanding any interaction in terms of …

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The Anglo-Saxon And Norman "Eigenkirche" And The Ecclesiastical Policy Of William I., Albert Simeon Cote Jr Jan 1981

The Anglo-Saxon And Norman "Eigenkirche" And The Ecclesiastical Policy Of William I., Albert Simeon Cote Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The eigenkirche or proprietary church was an important factor in the ecclesiastical policy of William I. In previous studies, the proprietary church was considered purely a local phenomenon. William's religious concerns in Normandy and England demonstrate the eigenkirche's role at the local, royal, and international levels. An examination of the legal sources is critical to understanding the proprietary church in Anglo-Saxon England, Normandy, and Norman England. The Anglo-Saxon charters provide important examples of the private church and monastery in the pre-Conquest period. In Normandy, the ducal charters, once inaccessible because of archival problems, are now available for analysis of the …

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A Study Of The Musical Achievement Of Elementary Students Taught By The Memphis City Curriculum Guide And Students Taught By The Traditional Approach., Susan Elizabeth Hensley Jan 1981

A Study Of The Musical Achievement Of Elementary Students Taught By The Memphis City Curriculum Guide And Students Taught By The Traditional Approach., Susan Elizabeth Hensley

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The musical achievement of students taught from the Memphis Curriculum Guide, based on the Orff and Kodaly philosophies of music education, was compared to that achieved by students taught from the basic program outlined in the Exploring Music songbook series. Students were chosen from the fourth and fifth grades in the Weaverville Elementary Schools, Weaverville, North Carolina, and materials used were chosen for these grade levels. The Music Achievement Tests, Tests 1, 2, and 3, by Richard Colwell were used for comparison of pretest and posttest means for the experimental and control groups on both grade levels. All classes, experimental …

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The Efficacy Of Computer-Based And Tape-Recorded Assistance In Second-Semester Freshman Ear-Training Instruction., Janet Claire Garton Jan 1981

The Efficacy Of Computer-Based And Tape-Recorded Assistance In Second-Semester Freshman Ear-Training Instruction., Janet Claire Garton

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Harmonic dictation materials available in the Ear-Training Laboratory at Louisiana State University were programmed for computer presentation in order to observe the effects of the computer medium in comparison to the traditional laboratory approach. In accordance with the Solomon Four-Group Design, the sixty-two second-semester freshman music theory students were assigned randomly to computer and tape groups. Half of each group was assigned at random to take a pretest which was designed by the experimenter. After six withdrawals from the course, a total research population of fity-six students remained. Members of both the experimental and control groups were asked to practice …

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Density Functional Formalism: I. Finite Temperature Theory. Ii. An 'Atom' In A Hot, Dense Plasma., Uday Gupta Jan 1981

Density Functional Formalism: I. Finite Temperature Theory. Ii. An 'Atom' In A Hot, Dense Plasma., Uday Gupta

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The generalization of the zero temperature local density functional theory of inhomogeneous electron systems to finite temperature ensembles is discussed. A local exchange-correlation potential, V(,xc), needed for a finite temperature Kohn-Sham scheme, is developed based on the investigation of first-order exchange and 'ring'-diagram contribution to correlation effects for a wide range of electron densities and temperature. Comparison is made with existing results in the fully degenerate and non-degenerate limits. In the intermediate degeneracy region, the correlation effect is found to be enhanced--the importance of this for various physical systems is pointed out. An application of V(,xc) is made to illustrate …

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The Application Of Behavioral Techniques To Change Eating Habits And/Or Exercise Habits To Effect Weight Reduction And Maintenance In Adolescents: A Year-Long Study., Cynthia Mary Gracianette Jan 1981

The Application Of Behavioral Techniques To Change Eating Habits And/Or Exercise Habits To Effect Weight Reduction And Maintenance In Adolescents: A Year-Long Study., Cynthia Mary Gracianette

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study employed behavioral strategies of weight control with obese adolescents. Programs which modified eating habits (Eating Habits) and exercise habits (Exercise) and a combination of the two programs (Eating Habits and Exercise) were compared with a control group (Supportive Group) and a Drop Out Group. Program compliance was assessed and the utility of predictor instruments was studied. The treatment program lasted 12 weeks with seven follow-up meetings over a nine month period. The Eating Habits condition was designed to modify maladaptive eating habits using behavioral techniques. The Exercise condition consisted of establishing exercise programs for individual subjects. Contingency contracting …

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Genetic And Molecular Genetic Studies In The Cytoplasmic Incompatibility System In The Mosquito Culex Pipiens., David Ray Mcgee Jan 1981

Genetic And Molecular Genetic Studies In The Cytoplasmic Incompatibility System In The Mosquito Culex Pipiens., David Ray Mcgee

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

An analysis of the cytoplasmic incompatibility system in Culex pipiens has been made. Both normal and antibiotic-resistant strains have been established using erythromycin, chloramphenicol and tetracycline. A complete genetic analysis has been made using all possible reciprocal crosses. Crosses between the normal strains show unidirectional compatibility. The genetic crosses involving the tetracycline-resistant strain show a reversal of the direction of compatibility when compared with those involving the untreated parental strain. Erythromycin and chloramphenicol-resistant strains exhibited no such change in direction of compatibility when compared with their respective untreated parental strains. Exceptional crossing relationships between chloramphenicol and tetracycline-resistant strains were found. …

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Task Accomplishment Ability Of Children In Small Groups., Nancy Larson Gennuso Jan 1981

Task Accomplishment Ability Of Children In Small Groups., Nancy Larson Gennuso

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The primary purpose of this study was the investigation and analysis of the behavior of small groups of children in a task accomplishment situation. The secondary purpose was to ascertain the effects of a group discussion generated by questions adapted from creative problem solving techniques. A review of literature revealed a lack of research on small groups of children in these areas. Thirty-six small groups of fourth and fifth grade children worked in groups of four on two construction-type tasks, one for pretest and one for posttest. Eighteen of the groups served as experimental groups and participated in the group …

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An Evaluation Of The Louisiana State University School Of Music Doctoral Degree Program: A Follow-Up Study Of Its Doctoral Graduates., Donzell Lee Jan 1981

An Evaluation Of The Louisiana State University School Of Music Doctoral Degree Program: A Follow-Up Study Of Its Doctoral Graduates., Donzell Lee

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In August 1967, the first doctoral degree in music at Louisiana State University was conferred. Between August 1967 and May 1981, the doctoral degree program in the School of Music at LSU has shown considerable growth, in both number of degrees awarded and curricular offerings. The focus of this study was the evaluation, in terms of quality and effectiveness, of the doctoral music degree program at LSU through an analysis of the responses of its doctoral graduates. A questionnaire was mailed to all sixty-four doctoral degree recipients. Fifty-eight (90.6%) returned usable questionnaires for the study. Items included in the questionnaire …

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The Effects Of Noise, Provocation, And Level Of Self-Awareness On Physical Aggression., John Fontan Knipmeyer Jan 1981

The Effects Of Noise, Provocation, And Level Of Self-Awareness On Physical Aggression., John Fontan Knipmeyer

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The cognitive-labeling hypothesis states that the arousal properties of noise will increase aggression only if a person has been provoked and labels the arousal as anger. The arousal hypothesis states that noise-induced arousal may directly increase aggression. It is suggested that discrepant findings are due to differences in subjects' level of self-awareness when participating in sedate versus physical measures of aggression. Male subjects engaged in physical aggression by throwing balls at a confederate within a 2 x 2 x 2 design comprised of provocation versus no provocation, noise versus no noise, and low versus high self-awareness. The ball-throwing was videotaped …

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Detection Of Free Radicals From The Reactions Of Ozone With Olefins And From Cigarette Smoke By Electron Spin Resonance Techniques., Donald Gregory Prier Jan 1981

Detection Of Free Radicals From The Reactions Of Ozone With Olefins And From Cigarette Smoke By Electron Spin Resonance Techniques., Donald Gregory Prier

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A novel technique is presented that allows detection of free radicals from ozone-olefin reactions for the first time. Olefins are ozonated at -78(DEGREES)C, the unreacted ozone removed, the spin trap added, and the solution warmed. The radicals spin trapped indicate that trioxygenated intermediates are produced that decompose to radicals on warming. Ozonation of cyclic acetals by this procedure yields acyl hydrotrioxides that decompose on warming to produce hydroperoxyl radicals, HOO(.). Alkoxyl radicals are spin trapped when mainstream cigarette smoke is bubbled through PBN solutions while acyloxyl radicals are spin trapped friom sidestream smoke. Stable radicals detected in cigarette tar are …

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Interactions Of Mefluidide And Bentazon On Red Rice (Oryza Sativa L.)., Sudabathula Rajaramamohana Rao Jan 1981

Interactions Of Mefluidide And Bentazon On Red Rice (Oryza Sativa L.)., Sudabathula Rajaramamohana Rao

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The responses of soybeans {Glycine max (L.) Merr. 'Bragg'} and red rice (Oryza sativa L. 'Strawhulled') to postemergence applications of mefluidide {N-{2,4-dimethyl-5-{{(trifluoromethyl)=sulfonyl}amino}phenyl}acetamide} and bentazon {3-isopropyl-1H-2,1,3-benzothiadiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide} alone and in combinations were evaluated in greenhouse studies. Soybeans and red rice were tolerant to bentazon, but their heights were reduced by mefluidide. When these two herbicides were combined, soybeans were not injured at any tested rates, but a synergistic interaction occurred that killed red rice. The changes in degradation, uptake, translocation, metabolism, and loss of these two herbicides due to combinations with each other were studied in order to establish the basis …

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Thermal And Spatial Ecology Of Three Species Of Water Snakes (Nerodia) In A Louisiana Swamp., Thomas Claud Michot Jan 1981

Thermal And Spatial Ecology Of Three Species Of Water Snakes (Nerodia) In A Louisiana Swamp., Thomas Claud Michot

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Biotelemetry was used to study thermal and spatial relationships in Nerodia fasciata confluens, N. c. cyclopion, and N. r. rhombifera. Twenty snakes were monitored between April 1978 and September 1979 in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Laboratory-determined preferred temperature ranges were compared to environmental temperatures from air, soil, and water to predict thermally optimum microhabitats. Comparison of observed and predicted microhabitats for each observation showed that N. fasciata was found more frequently in the thermally optimum microhabitat than were N. cyclopion and N. rhombifera. Nerodia cyclopion consistently showed thermal nonconformity by altering the relationship between body (BT) and ambient (AT) temperatures so …

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Effects Of Pine Reproduction Cutting Systems On Soils And Understory Vegetation In Southeast Louisiana., Henry Walter Langston Jr Jan 1981

Effects Of Pine Reproduction Cutting Systems On Soils And Understory Vegetation In Southeast Louisiana., Henry Walter Langston Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Soil erosion, soil chemistry, and understory vegetation were studied after four regeneration cutting methods--clearcut, seed-tree, shelterwood, and selection--were applied to mature loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) stands at two locations in southeastern Louisiana. Treatment plots were 8 ha in size, and each treatment was replicated twice at each location. Soil erosion on slopes was measured from permanent stakes located at the top, middle, and bottom on each of six slopes within each plot. Soil erosion off the slopes was determined from a small trap built across one individual drainage on each plot. Vegetation was sampled four times before and after …

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Respiratory And Circulatory Responses Of The Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus (Rathbun), To Salinity And Naphthalene., Thomas Donald Sabourin Jan 1981

Respiratory And Circulatory Responses Of The Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus (Rathbun), To Salinity And Naphthalene., Thomas Donald Sabourin

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Adult intermolt blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun) were stepwise acclimated to salinity at 22-25(DEGREES)C. Respiratory and circulatory responses were investigated in steady state salinity (5, 10, 20 and 30('o)/oo), diurnally fluctuating salinity (30-10-30('o)/oo, 10-30-10('o)/oo), and during 24-h exposure to water-soluble naphthalene at 0, 37.5% (0.9 ppm) and 75% (1.8 ppm) of the 24-h TL(,m) in a flow through system at 10 and 30('o)/ooS. No steady state salinity-related differences occurred in ventilation volume (V(,w)), oxygen extraction efficiency (E), oxygen uptake (VO(,2)), heartbeat frequency (F(,H)), stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (Q), post- and prebranchial oxygen tensions (PAO(,2), PVO(,2)) and oxygen contents. Protein …

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An Economic Analysis Of Feed Grain And Soybean Marketing And Transportation Systems In Louisiana., David Santamaria Jan 1981

An Economic Analysis Of Feed Grain And Soybean Marketing And Transportation Systems In Louisiana., David Santamaria

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine, via linear programming, an optimum number, size, and location of grain elevators, and feed mills, and modes of transportation for handling specific grains in each of the two regions (North and South) within Louisiana; to determine where inefficiencies exist by comparing the existing marketing system with the basic solution obtained from the linear programming model; and to determine the sensitivity of the optimal market system in each of the two regions to changes in various coefficients, constraints and parameters. The 1977 basic solution indicated that there exists a significant amount of excess …

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The Effects Of A Non-Competitive Awards Program On The Motivation Of 4-H Members., Norma Jean Roberts Jan 1981

The Effects Of A Non-Competitive Awards Program On The Motivation Of 4-H Members., Norma Jean Roberts

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The problem investigated in this study was to test the effect of a non-competitive awards program on the motivation of 4-H members. The objectives of the study were to compare the results of the non-competitive awards program with those of a competitive awards program in four major areas. These were: (1) Completion of project records. (2) Project knowledge and skills acquired. (3) Plans to reenroll in 4-H. (4) Development of a more positive attitude about 4-H experience. Data on project record completion were compared according to grade in school, years in 4-H, sex, race, and place of residence to determine …

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Age Differences In Memory For Movement: Effects Of Strategy And Preselection When Ecological Validity Is Varied., Katherine T. Thomas Jan 1981

Age Differences In Memory For Movement: Effects Of Strategy And Preselection When Ecological Validity Is Varied., Katherine T. Thomas

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

As children mature through the childhood years, motor performance increases in a relatively linear way. This increase in performance is frequently attributed to physical growth factors such as increased height, weight and strength. However, cognitive factors in memory also develop and affect the planning and control of movement. The purpose of these three experiments was to evaluate the developmental increase in strategy use for planning movements and to determine if the motor performance of younger children could be enhanced by inducing strategy use that does not occur spontaneously. The effects of subject selected (preselected) or experimenter selected (constrained) movements was …

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Some Physical And Chemical Properties Of Pine Bark Growing Medium Used As An Evaluation Of Its Nutritional Status., Don Christy Wilkerson Jan 1981

Some Physical And Chemical Properties Of Pine Bark Growing Medium Used As An Evaluation Of Its Nutritional Status., Don Christy Wilkerson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Various physical and chemical analyses were conducted on southern pine bark. The results from these analyses were then examined in terms of their effect on the interpretation of substrate fertility. The drainage aeration and water holding capacity of pine bark was found to be suitable for use as a container medium. Also the determination of the pH, CEC, and "available" nutrient content of pine bark indicated acceptable levels for plant growth. However, all values were dependent on the method of analysis. In general, it was concluded that a complex relationship exists between the physical and chemical properties of pine bark. …

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Cognitive Predictors Of Success Of Graduate Nurses On State Board Test Pool Examinations And After Two Years Employment., Mary Brown Neiheisel Jan 1981

Cognitive Predictors Of Success Of Graduate Nurses On State Board Test Pool Examinations And After Two Years Employment., Mary Brown Neiheisel

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The main purposes of this study were to determine the relationships between cognitive predictors and the success of graduate nurses on the State Board Test Pool Examinations and between cognitive predictors and the success of the nurse after two of years employment. Data were obtained and recorded on appropriate sheets for the first hypothesis and from a mailed questionnaire for the second hypothesis. The population for the first group was the members of five graduating classes of a state university, and data for the second group was from 37.7 percent of the members of one graduating class. Statistical analyses of …

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