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Interactional Processes In Heterosexual Dyads Based On Gender And Defense Style, Rachelle Joan Zalman

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The Analysis Of The Relationship Of The Superintendent's Satisfaction With The Principal's Leadership Behavior And The Organizational Climate, Robert J. Madonia

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An Analysis Of The Decisions By The American Arbitration Association Of Grievances Between Community College District No. 508, State Of Illinois And The Cook County College Teachers Union, Local 1600, Aft, Afl-Cio, Paul E. Rupprecht

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Responsibilities Of Staff Development Directors In Nursing Service As Perceived By Staff Development Directors In Illinois Hospitals: Evolution Of Role, Maria Christina Pilola RedoñA Couper

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Interpersonal Attraction As A Function Of Belief Similarity And Caste, Pramod Raikar

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Death Anxiety And Fear Of Death Attitudes: A Death Education Program For Student Nurses, M. Terrance Lally

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A Study Of The Relationship Of Efficacy And Outcome Expectations, Depression, Insecurity, And Psychotherapeutic Change, Ronald Craig Fish

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Young Adult Women's Contraceptive Decisions: A Comparison Of Two Predictive Models Of Choice, Elicia J. Herz

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An Investigation Of The Effects Of Vestibular Stimulation On Object Permanence In Infants With Sensorimotor Dysfunction, Sandra Benzies Levine

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An Analysis Of The Profile, Roles, Functions, And Behavior Of Women On Boards Of Education In Dupage County, Illinois, Stephanie Anne Pace Marshall

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Causal Patterns In Depression, William P. Reich

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A Study Of The Preparation Of The Assistant Principal For The Building Principalship, Thomas J. Madden

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Middle-Class Delinquency: A Study Of White Suburban Boys, Kenneth B. Ehrensaft

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An Analysis Of Evaluation Techniques And Procedures Implemented In Chicago Area Schools, Blondean Y. Day

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Cuban-Americans And Mental Health: Cultural Framework And Theoretical Bases Of A Preventive/Educational Model, Blanca-Rosa De La Torre Plazas

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The Shimer College Presidency: 1930 To 1980, Patrick H. Moorhead

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Attitude And Psychophysiological Response Changes Of Female Social Work Students Following Human Sexuality Training, Joseph Lassner

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Relationship Of Affect To Immediate Recall And Associations In A Clinical Population, Karen Eggen Gundersen

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A Study Of The Education And Experience Mixture Of A Nursing Staff And The Relationship To Quality Patient Care, Carolyn Hope Smeltzer

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A Petrographic Analysis Of Ceramics From Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Arizona: Onsite Or Specialized Manufacture, Elizabeth M. Garrett

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The primary purpose of this study was to determine if the temper in prehistoric ceramics could be used to reconstruct the patterns of ceramic manufacture in portions of the Apache-Sitgreaves and Coconino National Forests, Arizona. Homogeneity of temper would suggest the use of a restricted number of temper sources indicating that ceramic manufacture occurred in a small number of villages.

A second goal was to analyze the data for diversity of temper both within and among the ceramic wares in the study. The third goal was to compare the mineralogical composition of rock units in the study area and the …

Leadership Styles In Educational Leader Positions: An Investigation Of Some Common Factors In Socialization And Employment Environment Conditions, Gerald E. Lohr

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This study examined the leadership styles exhibited by Michigan school superintendents in relation to school district size, birth order, family size, marital status, time served as a teacher before becoming a superintendent, and time served as a superintendent. The subject population consisted of 530 superintendents from which 363 were selected at random. A questionnaire was sent to the random sample with a 65% return. The questionnaire utilized the LBDQ FORM-XII to ascertain the self-perceived leadership styles of these superintendents. The aforementioned other sociological factors were determined by question. No support was found for the existence of any of the relationships …

A Study Of Effects Of A Systematically Designed Promotional Message On The Acceptance Of Michigan Regional Educational Media Centers By Nonusers, Jaswant Singh

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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of using a systematically planned and presented promotional message on increasing the number of public and private K-12 teachers who use the media services of the REMCs.

The following hypotheses were tested: (1) There will be a difference in the proportion of teachers requesting REMC media services in the experimental and control groups as a result of the use of a systematically designed promotional message. (2) There will be a difference in the mean number of media items requested by users in the experimental and control groups as a result …

The Design, Field Test, And Description Of A Model For Collaborative Long-Range Community Planning, Ozzie D. Parks

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The purpose of the study was to design and field test a model for collaborative long-range community planning. A model was designed on the basis of research found in the literature, tested in a community setting, and evaluated regarding its effectiveness.

The problem delineated for the study was the lack of collaborative long-range planning in our society, particularly at the community level. A review of the literature in this field indicated that although long-range planning is considered to be important, it is seldom practiced successfully. The study's response to the problem was to design and field test a model which …

The Investigation Of Middle Managers’ Perceptions Concerning Factors And Conditions Necessary To Implement And Adapt Career Development Systems To Their Organizations, Gail A. Ganakas

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This study investigated middle managers' perceptions concerning factors and conditions necessary to implement and adapt a career development system within an organization. More specifically, this study drew implications regarding the vital role played by middle managers in the initiation, implementation, and adaptation of a career development system in a large industrial organization.

Five research questions dealing with the role of middle managers in implementation of career development systems were investigated by means of an interview schedule developed by the researcher adapted from instruments developed by the American Management Association (Walker & Gutteridge, 1979) and Burack and Mathys (1980). The survey …

Effects Of Community College Administrative Budgetary Decisions Upon Continuing Education Students’ Perceptions, Drew William Allbritten

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Purpose. This descriptive study examined the effect of administrative budgetary decisions for selected institutional services and personnel upon certain perceptions of continuing education students attending Grand Rapids Junior College.

Procedure. The researcher designed an assessment process and instrument to measure students' perceptions of accessibility toward selected institutional services and personnel. The assessment was conducted in the spring of 1981. The instrument was distributed to 4,459 students, 1,804 (40.5%) assessment instruments were returned, and 1,791 were determined to be usable. Statistical treatment of the data included the use of three nonparametric tests: chi-square, contingency coefficient, and cumulative frequency tests. An earlier …

The Development And Assessment Of Instructional Materials For The Teaching Of Leadership Skills To Second Grade Students In Selected Public Schools, Sharon Rose Lockett

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The major focus of this study was the development, use and assessment of instructional materials for teaching leadership awareness to second grade children. The purposes of the study were (1) to determine if there is a need for instructional materials to teach leadership awareness, (2) to determine how teachers and experts would use instructional materials, and (3) to determine the opinions of teachers about the Leadership is Vital to Education (L.I.V.E.) Series developed in this study. The materials in this study were evaluated as an instructional method which could be used to (1) develop in students an awareness of the …

Quantity-Comparative Expression In Young Children: An Analysis Of Responsive And Productive Language, Sandra-Rae Howe

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When used in mathematics instruction, quantity-comparative language has specific meaning which may be confusing or unfamiliar to young children. Because of the importance of language to the development and measurement of understanding of math concepts, the purpose of this study was to examine the abilities of young children to produce and to understand quantity-comparative descriptions.

Ninety-seven five-year-olds, selected by a stratified random sampling of children in early childhood facilities, were interviewed individually. Each interview consisted of an introductory activity, a productive language assessment (to elicit, in the subject's own language, descriptions of quantity comparisons), and a responsive language assessment (to …

The Relationship Between Sales And Service Performance By Group Insurance Representatives Who Perform Both Functions, Ralph F. Hagemeier

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This descriptive study investigated the relationship between production service ratings and service performance ratings earned by the 60 group representatives assigned to its Midwest region by a large insurance company. Specifically, the study attempted to (a) collect data regarding the sales and service performance ratings earned by each member of the study group, (b) determine whether a relationship existed between the sales and service ratings for the total study group, and (c) determine whether a relationship existed between the sales and service ratings for those individuals within the study group to whom certain characteristics could be attributed.

In order to …

The Effects Of A Residential Basic Counseling Skills Training Program, Richard W. Fox

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The purpose of this research was to study the effects of a residential basic counseling skills training program on the interpersonal behavior of the participants.

The research design for this study was a pre- and post-test experimental and control group method. Program participants were 81 juvenile court workers with experience ranging from less than one to more than 20 years. The control group was 41 juvenile detention home workers in six locations throughout the State of Michigan who did not participate in the training.

The FIRO-B (Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Behavior) pre-test was administered to the experimental and control groups at …

Random Factors And Isofactors In Graphs And Digraphs, John Frederick Fink

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A factor is a spanning sub(di)graph of a (di)graph. Factors that are generated by an algorithm that incorporates an element of randomness are often called random factors. An isofactor is essentially a factor G that is either empty or for which there exists a connected regular (di)graph H having a nontrivial G-factorization. Several topics, each concerning random factors or isofactors, are investigated in this dissertation. An historical introduction to these topics is given in Chapter I.

In Chapter II we define an antipath and say that a digraph is randomly antitraceable if every nonspanning antipath can be extended (at its …