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Parity, Family Size Preference And The "Value Stretch", Virginia Aldige Hiday, Steven Polgar

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A two-wave survey of women in their reproductive years living in poverty areas of New York City is used to investigate family size preferences among the poor. The hypotheses that parity affects family size preference and that current parity affects future parity are supported. Implications for future trends in family size preference and for family planning programs are discussed.

The Guns Or Butter Issue: Trends In American Public Opinion, 1935-1976, Darrel Montero

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper examines the responses to national opinion surveys taken between 1935 and 1976 on questions related to the federal government's role in providing social welfare programs and recent survey findings on defense spending. The paper's major findings are that: 1) in general, the public supports the basic concept of providing aid to the needy through the government but shows less consistent support when specific spending proposals are mentioned: and 2) as theshareof the federal budget allocated for defense spending has been decreasing, polls have shown an increasing proportion of the public expressing support for greater delcense spending. The paper …

Western News, December 15, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Millionth Book Acquired by WMU Libraries is Rare Edition, Fire Alarms to Be Tested, After 38-Year Interruption; Man; 61; Completes Degree, Plan Campus Information Center on Child Abuse & Neglect, Persell Most Valuable Again, 7,000 Mile Phone Call for Ed.D. Exam

Western News, December 8, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Report Tonight on Women's National Meet, Explain Job Posting Policy, DeLuca Has Grand, Rapids Exhibition, Patron’s Choice Act II, Features 10 Events, Two Symphonic Bands to Perform, Two Metallurgy Students Cited, Fall Reading Horizons Out, MENC Selects WMU Orchestra, Linguistics Issues 'Informant'

Western News, December 1, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Persell Named All-American, Student Fees Due December 12, Racism Fighter Visits Western, Remind Campus to Save Energy, New Math Process Is Workshop Topic, Two Professional Development Leaves Approved by Trustees, Whitney Young Deadline Monday, Women Cagers in Ontario Tourney

A Study Of The Water Retention Of Latex Bound Pigmented Coating Colors, Patrick T. Gibney

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of three types of commercially used hydrocolloid; CMC 7M, CMC 7L, HEC 250M and KELGIN MV on water retention and on coated paper properties. It was found that the concentration of hydrocolloid was an important factor in water retention values. Carboxyl groups were theorized to be another factor in water retention. Hydrocolloids were found to lower opacity, brightness and gloss over the blank coating. Increasing hydrocolloid levels decreased the openness of the coating. When increasing the amount of hydrocolloid the IGT pick decreased. KELGIN MV gave the highest water retention …

A Study Of The Attitudes Of The Non-Science Major Toward Science And Its Importance In Curriculum Design, Larry J. Fairbanks

Dissertations

The purposes of this study were to: (1) Identify and explore the non-science majors' attitudes toward science; (2) Use the results of the investigation to design a course to be used by instructors of Earth and Space Science.

Two major instruments were developed to collect data for the study. The first was an Attitude Inventory and the second was a Course Content Inventory. A major goal of the Attitude Inventory was to collect data with which to develop an Attitude Index which could be used to predict those non-science majors who have some "negative" attitudes toward science. The course design …

A Central Administration Internship In The Hastings Area School System, Jane M. Skidmore

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Report Of A Project In The Business Administrative Office Of East Grand Rapids Public Schools, Lorraine Koloseik

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Descriptive Analysis Of Individuals With Congenital Palatal Insufficiency, Judith Dabkowski

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Summary Of An Internship In The Portage Public Schools, Franzetta M. Callaway

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Report Of An Internship Experience With The Grand Rapids Public Schools Grand Rapids, Michigan, William D. Upton

Masters Theses

This report describes an internship completed at the Business Affairs Office, Grand Rapids Public Schools, Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the summer of 1977.

An internship in the Business Affairs Office was chosen to enrich the intern's conceptual, human, and technical skills pertaining to school business and finance management. The intern actively participated in the daily activities and responsibilities of each of the nine departments which compose the Business Affairs Office. He had the opportunities to confer and interview the department heads and to observe the daily functions of each department. In addition, the intern assisted in the organization and instruction …

Auditory Discrimination Of Pitch Differences Among Pure Tone And Voice Stimuli, Demetria Bilycia

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Model For Initiating Change In Large Social Systems, Richard E. Ault

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to develop a model for introducing change in large social systems. The model was based on (1) a review of existing models, and (2) the analysis of a participant-observer study of an attempt at intraducing large system change. Organization Development was the focal change modality examined. It was intended that the model thus developed would be of utility to the practicing change agent in whatever field--education, social work, community development, government, unions, business, or industry.

From the review of existing models and related literature, it was concluded that a useful model for practitioners would …

A Report Of An Internship In, And An Analysis Of, The Benton Harbor Area School District, Jeanne O'Brien Yingst

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Cumulo Nimbus, Jon Jeffrey Grier

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Neuroendocrine Basis Of Nest Building In Mice, Aldair Fiori Simoes Fontes

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Prior Learning And Direct Reinforcement In Observational Learning And Vicarious Reinforcement, Larry D. Olsen

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Two Systems Of Instruction In Three Sixth-Grade Language Classes, David G. Fossum

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Metabolites, Which Accumulate During Phenylketonuria, On The Activity Of Stearoyl-Coenzyme A Desaturase, Walter Scott

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Some Effects Of Variable Duration Conditioned Stimuli In A Conditioned Suppression Procedure, Harvey E. Jacobs

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Old Age In The Rural Philippines, Trina I. Jacob

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Ecclesiastics Of The Crown Under King Edgar: A Prosopographical Study Of Bishops And Abbots In Anglo-Saxon England, 959-975, Valerie Catherine Hauch

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Conditioned Reinforcement: An Attempt To Use Zimmerman Technique With Children, Priscila R. Derdyk

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Comparative Effects Of Assignment Size And Pacing Contingencies On The Academic And Social Behavior Of High School Students, Linda M. Campbell

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Overcorrection Movements: Topographic Relation And Re-Educative Function, Pamela Roberts

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Training And Generalization Of Restauranting Skills: Programming Primary Reinforcement For Community Travel, Richard Aart Van Den Pol

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Component Analysis Of Therapeutic Empathy Behaviors, Barbara P. Nash

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Assimilation: An Empirical Test Of Milton Gordon's Model On Mexican Americans In Holland, Michigan, Denise L. Tyiska

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Physical Anthropology Of Chiggerville: Demography And Pathology, Norman C. Sullivan

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.