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The Onlooker: November 21, 1975, Mike Jacobs, Suezette Bieri

North Dakota Politics - Publications

November 21, 1975, issue of "The Onlooker," a news magazine focused on North Dakota and the issues that impacted the state

Volume 1, Number 14

40 pages

November 6, 1975, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the November 6, 1975, meeting of the University Senate. 8 pages

Human Resource Accounting: An Aid To Managerial Decision Making, Stephen H. Vanderver

Theses and Dissertations

Human Resource Accounting, although not entirely new to the field of accounting, is finding resistance in becoming established. Certain problems must be settled before HRA can be completely accepted by accountants and managers alike.

The many proposals that have emerged, both the traditional approaches and those departing from traditional accounting, have not been fully tested. Only a few instances are reported wherein Human Resource Accounting applications have been attempted. However, much more research and testing will be needed in · order to make HRA a fully acceptable form of accounting. Until such time, Human Resource Accounting can be effectively used …

November 1975, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

November 1975 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 8 pages

Volume 58, Number 3

Minicomputers In Small Business, Stephen G. Peek

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

October 1975, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

October 1975 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 12 pages

Volume 58, Number 2

A Comparison Of Mean Occurrences Of Saad Sentences And Transformations, Judith E. Courtney

Theses and Dissertations

The. purposes of the present .study were to compare the frequency of occurrence of five simple, active, affirmative, declarative (SAAD) sentence patterns and twenty selected transformations in one-hundred utterance oral language samples of sixty preschool children (three, four, and five years of age) and twenty adults (eighteen to twenty-three years of age) and to determine if the first fifty utterances of the language samples differed from the second fifty utterances of the samples with regard to the frequency of occurrence of those same sentence patterns and transformations.

Sixty preschool children and twenty college age adults served as subjects for this …

An Historical Review Of Therapy Techniques And Procedures In The Treatment Of Adult Aphasia, Diane R. Perras

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Women As Political Persuader: A Study Of Ella T. Grasso's Campaign For Governor, Ardyce Carlson Whalen

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis was to examine the persuasive strategies within the campaign rhetoric of Ella Grasso who won the governorship of Connecticut in 1974. In the analysis of the persuasion, a study of her political campaign within the context of a small industrial state is included. As an aid to understanding, the study briefly reviewed the concerns of Connecticut, introduced members of both parties who were interested in the governorship, and showed how Ella Grasso got the nomination and party support.

The campaign rhetoric centered around the issues of taxation for revenue, the utility companies' billing practices, energy, …

Three Dimensions Of The Parental Role In Selected Childrens' Literature 1950-1974, Paula Reigh Boothby

Theses and Dissertations

In this study the conceptualization of the parental, role in selected children's books was analyzed. The analysis of the parenting figure (i.e., the character who undertook the care and responsibility of the child for a continuous length of time) was accomplished using the following three dimensions: (1) Need-Gratification and Control, (2) Stimulation-Maturity, (3) Affection-Emotional Interchange.

The sample consisted of twenty-six books representing txjo time periods 1950-1960 (Early Period) and 1964-1974 (Later Period) equally. A comparison between these two periods was made in view of changes in the characterization of the parenting role. This included looking at the above three dimensions …

Touching In Psychotherapy: A Case Study, Cassandra L. Tyson

Theses and Dissertations

There is a wide range of opinion among psychotherapists as to the appropriateness of physical contact between therapist and client. Some suggest that touching facilitates the development of the therapeutic relationship; others, however, argue that potentially harmful effects far outweigh possible benefits.

In the present case study, touching was manipulated using an ABA reversal design during each of four initial meetings of a male therapist and female client. Dependent measures included therapist and client immediacy and speech production, and client self-disclosure. Time series data for each dependent measure were examined to determine whether client and/or therapist behavior changed in response …

A Critical Analysis Of Bennett Reimer's Philosphy Of Music Education, James William Hildebrand

Theses and Dissertations

The study is a critical analysis of Reimer's expressionistic philosophy of music education. The purpose of the study is to determine the ontological nature of the ar-symbol which evolves out of Reimer's philosophy of music and music education. The result is a developmental and evaluative perspective regarding the contemporary music educator as the listener, the performer, and the composer.

This study traces inductively the origins of Reimer's philosophy to Benedetto Croce's concept of the expressionistic mind, John Dewey's concept of an art work, and Susanne K. Langer's concept of the art-symbol. reier synthesizes these origins into three basic concepts: creation, …

The Classification And Identification Of Ecosystems In Bowman County, North Dakota, Michael L. Heinrich

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to classify and identify ecosystems in Bowman County, North Dakota. Procedures utilized in conducting this study were a review of pertinent Literature, cartographic analysis, air photo interpretation and field study.

The study has established a regional profile in terms of physical and cultural characteristics which has not previously been done for Bowman County, North Dakota.

Ecosystems were classified.using parameters previously established by the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. The parameters included general topography, soil types, degree of slope -■'tad' vegetative cover.

Eight terrestrial ecosystems were identified within Bowman County. The ecosystems were: …

A Q-Methodological Study Of The Kubler-Ross Stage Theory, Anne M. Metzger

Theses and Dissertations

Kubler-Ross (1969) identified a progression through stages of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance as a completion of the dying process. These stages are encompassed by feelings of hope which extend throughout the course of illness. The present study was designed to investigate the correspondence between the stage changes hypothesized by the Kubler-Ross theory and the perception of the course of illness by seriously ill patients and their spouse. An additional focus of the study was an evaluation of Q-methodology as a research procedure with the terminally ill.

A thirty-six item structured Q-sort was administered on two occasions to …

An Analysis Of Selected Knowledge Of Indian Culture Held By Indian Students Enrolled In The Grand Forks, North Dakota Public Schools, Murton L. Mccluskey

Theses and Dissertations

The Problem: The purpose of this investigation is to determine: (1) the attitudes that Indian children in the Grand Forks Public Schools have about themselves as Indian, as measured by the Native American Self- Concept and Attitude Inventory; (2) how much information Indian children in the Grand Forks Public Schools have about Indian Culture, as measured by the Native American Culture Knowledge Inventory; and (3) the attitudes that Indian children in the Grand Forks Public Schools have about school in comparison to a matched sample of non-Indian children, as measured by the School Sentiment Index.

The Procedure: The population for …

An Investigation Of Phonetic Symbolism, Joann K. Anderson

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the patterning of phonetic symbolism of selected vowels and consonants and the effect on that patterning of selected personal attributes of the subjects making the judgements of phonetic symbolism.

Forty parents and forty unmarried college students participated in the study. The subjects were required to complete two experiments involving forced-choice judgements of the phonetic symbolism of nonsense syllables with regard to ten aspects of meaning presented as the following antonymic pairs of words: Hot-Cold, Light-Heavy, Beautiful-Ugly, Quiet- Noisy, High-Low, Large-Smal1, Slow-Fast, Good-Bad, Hard-Soft, and Strong- Weak .

Chi-Square was applied to …

Perceived Models, Selected Characteristics And Values By Two Samples Of North Dakota Women, Bernice Pavek

Theses and Dissertations

Problem: This study examined two samples of North Dakota Women, the recognized group and the control group. The purpose was to determine the models of the women in the two groups and to identify personal and family characteristics, educational development and experiences, vocational patterns, avocational interests and values that were similar to both groups and those that were significantly different between the two groups.

Procedures: After the identification of the recognized sample a randomly selected control sample was compiled. There were 10$ women, originally, in each group.

An opinion questionnaire, a personal data inventory and the Allport-Vernon-Lindzey Study of Values …

Accountants Legal Liability, Gary Sorenson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Of Socioeconomic Factors To The Money Management Knowledges Of National Secretaries Association Members, Marilyn Cameron Stinson

Theses and Dissertations

Statement of the Problem: The problem of this study was to measure selected personal finance knowledges possessed by members of the National Secretaries Association and to determine the relationship of selected socioeconomic variables to personal finance knowledges.

Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of selected variables to the personal finance knowledges possessed by members of the National Secretaries Association. An analysis of the variables identified the factors which contributed most toward a better understanding of personal money management concepts.

Procedures: The subjects for this study were selected from the national membership lists …

A Comparison Of Conservation Training Procedures And A Proposed Criterion For Diagnosing The Presence Of Conservation Of Weight, David R. Anderson

Theses and Dissertations

Sixty first and second grade students were administered Piagetian conservation of weight tasks utilizing materials from the Goldschmid-Bentler Concept Assessment Kit. Ten natural conservers , and fifty nonconservers and partial conservers were identified . The nonconservers and partial conservers were assigned to a no-training control group or one of four training groups where the training procedures were based on invariant quantity principles, reversibility principles, compensation principles, or direct verbal reinforcement. The natural conservers constituted a second control group which did not participate in the training phase of the study . Following training, all subjects were administered a conservation of weight …

Dependency Attachment And Exploration: Their Interrelationships In One-Year-Old Children, Elizabeth S. Baraga

Theses and Dissertations

Attachment and dependency are two important related infant-mother relationships which develop in the first year of life. Attachment has been defined as an affectional bond that one person forms to another specific individual which is both discriminating and enduring. Dependency, on the other hand, has been defined as a class of behaviors learned in the context of the infant's dependency relationship with his mother, reinforced in the course of her care of him and generalized to other caretakers. Operationally, attachment has been defined by proximity- seeking while dependency has been defined by attention-seeking. The purpose of the present study was …

The Effect Of Language And Response Styles On Preschoolers' Learning, Linda Tollefsrud

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

June 1975, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

June 1975 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 8 pages

Volume 57, Number 9

Electronic Funds Transfer Systems And The Float, Daniel Fannin

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

"Dedication Of The Ernest F. Fox, Sr., Service Complex:" 1975, University Of North Dakota

UND Publications

Pamphlet for the dedication of the Ernest Fox Service Complex on the UND campus, May 21, 1975. The building was named in honor of Fox, a prominent university benefactor.

May 1, 1975, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the May 1, 1975, meeting of the University Senate. 51 pages

Deviation From Party Caucus Positions In The 1975 North Dakota State House Of Representatives, Douglas Wade Kinzley

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

The Relative Importance Of Secretarial Duties And Personal Traits, Thomas R. Whelan

Theses and Dissertations

Statement of the Problem: The problem of this study was to determine whether there were significant differences in the way practicing professional secretaries and prospective secretaries perceived the relative importance of selected secretarial duties and personal traits.

Procedures: This study involved participation of 278 secretaries from four geographic regions of the United States. Members of the National Secretaries Association chapters in North Dakota, California, Massachusetts, Georgia, and Alabama formed the secretarial population. A total of 211 students from four colleges and universities were included in the study. The students came from the University of North Dakota, California State College at …

Changes In Clients' Perception Of "Curative Factors" During A Short-Term Therapy Group, Jack B. Schaffer

Theses and Dissertations

Tlic present study was designed to examine participants' perceptions of specific therapeutic mechanisms which may promote learning or behavior change in therapy groups. Yalom (1970) suggests the possibility that such "curative factors" may be therapeutic at different stages of group development, a general hypothesis which provides the basic framework for this study. Drawing from the theoretical literature on group development (e. g . , Martin and Hill, 1957, Tuckman, 1965), hypotheses were also formulated concerning changes in the perceived importance of specific therapeutic mechanisms as the group develops.

A short form of Yalom's Curative Factors Q-sort was administered on four …

A Study Of Human Resource Accounting, Susan I. Griffin

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.