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Supervisors' Perceptions Of Specified Competencies In Selected Southeastern States, Robert J. Parkins
Supervisors' Perceptions Of Specified Competencies In Selected Southeastern States, Robert J. Parkins
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The problem of this study was to determine if differences existed in the supervisors' perceptions of the importance of specified supervisory competencies. A list of thirty-six competencies which had been developed and validated by Ben M. Harris was adopted. Competencies were defined as any combination of knowledge and skill that is adequate for accomplishing some specified outcome. Included in the study were supervisors at the state department level in nine Southeastern states which were as follows: Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Forty supervisors at the state department level were randomly selected from each state. …
Length Of Marriage As A Factor In Marital Satisfaction, Communication, And Performance On The Prisoner's Dilemma Game, Joseph Morris Alexander
Length Of Marriage As A Factor In Marital Satisfaction, Communication, And Performance On The Prisoner's Dilemma Game, Joseph Morris Alexander
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[No abstract provided.]
The Life And Works Of Roark Bradford, Robert Yarbrough
The Life And Works Of Roark Bradford, Robert Yarbrough
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No abstract provided.
Comparative Study Of Methanol, Ethanol, Isopropanol, And Butanol As Motor Fuels, Either Pure Or Blended With Gasoline, Ajit D. Kelkar
Comparative Study Of Methanol, Ethanol, Isopropanol, And Butanol As Motor Fuels, Either Pure Or Blended With Gasoline, Ajit D. Kelkar
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Professional Preparation Of Head Coaches For Girls Interscholastic Track And Field In South Dakota, Maxine Marie Johnson
Professional Preparation Of Head Coaches For Girls Interscholastic Track And Field In South Dakota, Maxine Marie Johnson
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Presently we are in a very exciting and challenging period of athletics for women. We are in a period in which sports programs for girls and women have undergone considerable change. Neal stated that never before has the female been so free from cultural restraints and taboos in sports competition as she is today. With the establishment of Title IX there has been an explosion of sports programs for tl1e female athlete, encouraging increased participation in great numbers and bringing women participants into prominence throughout the world. Today, junior high teams practice daily, high school girl athletes are beginning to …
Social And Structural Factors Associated With Career Mobility Among South Dakota Registered Nurses, Mercedes Iverson
Social And Structural Factors Associated With Career Mobility Among South Dakota Registered Nurses, Mercedes Iverson
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Health care professionals in south Dakota, a rural state with a recognized lack of health care facilities and a physician to population ratio of 1:1343 in 1975, have become increasingly concerned with how best to recruit and mobilize personnel to maintain adequate health services. In 1973, South Dakota had 17 counties without a civilian physician, and although these counties were sparsely populated the need for health care services remains a salient factor. The achievement of a desirable distribution of manpower is crucial for optimal delivery of health service to South Dakota residents. An understanding of the causes and patterns of …
An Investigation Of Factors Associated With Recidivism Among Juvenile Offenders, Michael Gene Breci
An Investigation Of Factors Associated With Recidivism Among Juvenile Offenders, Michael Gene Breci
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This research investigates the following problem: What combination of factors, associated with delinquency, best differentiates first time offenders from recidivists? This problem is important because of the impact juvenile crime has on society. For instance, Ferdinand and Cavan estimate that juvenile delinquency costs the country a billion dollars a year. In fact, in 1971 auto thefts and larcenies committed by juveniles caused losses of three hundred and seventy-four million dollars (Carney, 1979:218). As will be evidenced through a rev1ew of relevant literature, this problem is one social phenomenon that is of interest both to the sociologist and to the practitioner …
Ghost Towns In South Dakota : A Geographic Perspective, Peggy Ellen Year
Ghost Towns In South Dakota : A Geographic Perspective, Peggy Ellen Year
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The objective of this study is to investigate and to analyze one particular phenomenon of South Dakota's settlement history, ghost towns, in a geographical context. Specifically, it is to identify and assess in a spatial-temporal framework those factors that have contributed to town abandonment in the state. A comprehensive geographical analysis of community abandonment within South Dakota has never before been attempted. This study represents, therefore, a pioneer effort toward explaining a phenomenon which has affected the pattern of settlement for more than a century. In so doing, it fulfills a vital link in developing a more extensive understanding of …
Alienation Of Rural Youth In South Dakota, Mohammad S. Zakikhani
Alienation Of Rural Youth In South Dakota, Mohammad S. Zakikhani
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There are two purposes of this research. The first purpose is to assess the presence of alienation in a sample of rural youth. The second purpose is to assess the relationship between the occurrence of alienation among rural youth and their plans for out- migration. The problem of concern in this project is addressed in terms of three questions. First, are rural youth alienated? Second, if alienation exists among rural youth, who is alienated? Third, if alienation exists among rural youth, does this experience relate to migration plans? Seeman's conceptualization of alienation as powerlessness, normlessness and isolation is applied in …
Media Habits Of Students At South Dakota State University, Craig Lee Derscheid
Media Habits Of Students At South Dakota State University, Craig Lee Derscheid
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A number of researchers have studied the media habits of the general public. They have examined the habits of adults, teenagers and numerous other groups. Only a few researchers have examined the college-aged group, a group which includes both teenagers and adults, and which may reflect unique patterns of media use. This study was designed to examine the news media used by selected subgroups of the college population. The population from which the subjects were chosen for this study included students who were enrolled at South Dakota State University in the fall semester of 1980. The purpose of this study …
The Effects Of Perspective On Narrative Technique In William Styson's Sophie's Choice, Linda Kathryn Campbell
The Effects Of Perspective On Narrative Technique In William Styson's Sophie's Choice, Linda Kathryn Campbell
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No abstract provided.
A Sociological Study Of Celibacy, William Mark Franks
A Sociological Study Of Celibacy, William Mark Franks
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No abstract provided.
An Analysis Of Newspaper Uses And Gratifications By Blacks And Whites In Greenwood, Mississippi, Karl Michael Baymor
An Analysis Of Newspaper Uses And Gratifications By Blacks And Whites In Greenwood, Mississippi, Karl Michael Baymor
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A Survey Of Media Use In Greenwood, Mississippi : A Focus On The Black Minority Audience / By Debra Catherine Smith, Debra Catherine Smith
A Survey Of Media Use In Greenwood, Mississippi : A Focus On The Black Minority Audience / By Debra Catherine Smith, Debra Catherine Smith
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Of Another World: The Jehovah's Witnesses, William Wesley Zellner
Of Another World: The Jehovah's Witnesses, William Wesley Zellner
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Of Another World is an account of how the Jehovah's Witnesses recruit new members and retain these converts in the face of a skeptical world. The study also attempts to advance a theoretical model toward a generic and generalized account for conversion to a group with a devalued religious perspective. The model, developed by John Lofland in his study of the members of the Unification Church, appears with some modification, to be generalizable to the Jehovah's Witnesses. After modification, the model is still applicable to members of the Unification Church. It is argued that the social characteristics of a group …
Length Of Marriage As A Factor In Marital Satisfaction, Communication, And Performance On The Prisoner's Dilemma Game, Joseph Morris Alexander
Length Of Marriage As A Factor In Marital Satisfaction, Communication, And Performance On The Prisoner's Dilemma Game, Joseph Morris Alexander
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No abstract provided.
The Wolfpin Stories : With An Afterword, William Scott Hays
The Wolfpin Stories : With An Afterword, William Scott Hays
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No abstract provided.
The Effect Of The Ethnic Identification Of Teachers With Principals On The Teachers' Perceptions Of The Principals' Leadership Behavior, Elena P. Zayas-Bazan
The Effect Of The Ethnic Identification Of Teachers With Principals On The Teachers' Perceptions Of The Principals' Leadership Behavior, Elena P. Zayas-Bazan
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The problem of this study was to determine whether the ethnic identification of teachers with their school principals affected the teachers' perception of the principals' leadership behavior. This study followed the ex-post-facto design of a co-relational study. Twelve dimensions of the Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire, Form 12 (LBDQ-XII) were selected to assess the perception of teachers belonging to three different ethnic groups of the leadership behavior of principals belonging to the three ethnic groups. The statistical analysis of the data for hypotheses 1 through 7 was intended to determine significant differences in the ratings by white, black, and Spanish language …
A Content Analysis Of International News In Mississippi Daily Newspapers, Henry David Windham Iii
A Content Analysis Of International News In Mississippi Daily Newspapers, Henry David Windham Iii
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Pisolithus Tinctorius Mycobiont Inoculations As A Factor In Performance Of Containerized And Bare-Root Shortleaf Pine Seedlings On Lignite Minesoils In Panola County, Texas, Hoy Lee Bryson
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The effects of artificial soil infestation with basidiospores and vegetative mycelia of the fungal symbiont Pisolithus tinctorius on ectomycorrhizae development of short leaf pine (Pinus echinata) seedlings grown in styroblock containers were tested in the greenhouse. These preliminary tests showed that both spores and mycelia will produce satisfactory ectomycorrhizae development. Various methods of inoculation had little effect on growth and development of containerized seedlings or on the accumulation of N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Na, Mn, Zn, or Cu in foliage and lateral roots. The styroblock containerization system used in conjunction with sandy loam soil/vermiculite (2:1 v/v) potting-mix produced excellent …
Flood Hazard Perception And Adjustment In Rapid City, South Dakota, Herbert Paul Haist
Flood Hazard Perception And Adjustment In Rapid City, South Dakota, Herbert Paul Haist
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Through a series of circumstances, natural and manmade, an event of tragic proportions occurred in western South Dakota on June 9, 1972. A nearly stationary series of thunderstorms developed over the eastern Black Hills, producing as much as fifteen inches of rainfall in some locations and an overall average of six inches in the Rapid Creek drainage basin, upstream from Rapid City. It resulted in a flood which, according to the United States Geological Survey, produced the highest flood peak ever recorded in South Dakota. Although this flood exceeded the precious record peaks for selected sites in the Rapid City …
An Analysis Of Changes In The Divorce Rate In South Dakota From 1950-1960, 1960-1970 And 1950-1970, Jody J. Shaskey
An Analysis Of Changes In The Divorce Rate In South Dakota From 1950-1960, 1960-1970 And 1950-1970, Jody J. Shaskey
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In South Dakota, the divorce rate has increased every year during the 1970’s, climbing from a rate of 2.0 per 1,000 population in 1970 to 3.4 per 1,000 population in 1976. Commenting on this, Judge John Wilds, a presiding Circuit Court Judge in Minnehaha County, recently stated that he believed the increasing divorce rate in that county was due in part to the high level of labor force participation by married women. Margie Trankle, a counselor for Lutheran Social Services, agreed with Wilds that working women may increase the divorce rate by decreasing their own dependence on their husbands. Both …
A Study Of The Elderly's Anticipated Participation In Educational Activities, Roger Reed
A Study Of The Elderly's Anticipated Participation In Educational Activities, Roger Reed
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The main objectives of this study were: (1) to determine the extent to which persons who are fifty through sixty- nine years of age anticipate participating in educational activities; (2) to determine how the conditions under which educational activities are offered would effect [sic] the anticipated participation of the elderly, and (3) to ascertain what factors explain anticipated participation in educational activities of the elderly. The units of analysis were individuals who were at least fifty years of age but no more than seventy years of age on t heir last birthday and who had permanent residence within thirty-five miles …
A Comparative Perspective On The Status Attainment Process Of White And Native American Youth, Leonard R. Decker
A Comparative Perspective On The Status Attainment Process Of White And Native American Youth, Leonard R. Decker
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Status attainment, as commonly indicated by levels of educational and occupational achievement, is a complicated process. A variety of variables have been found to be quite influential in the determination of one's eventual position in the social hierarchy of American society. Research done jointly by William H. Sewell and Robert M. Hauser (1972, 1975) regarding the status attainment process has resulted in a Wisconsin model of Adolescent Achievement in which the authors have identified a number of experiences that have significant import for young people's post-high school educational and occupational attainments. The Sewell and Hauser model links socioeconomic origins and …
Models For Youth : A Study Of Adolescent Culture In North Mississippi / By Jennifer Joy Trevathan, Jennifer Joy Trevathan
Models For Youth : A Study Of Adolescent Culture In North Mississippi / By Jennifer Joy Trevathan, Jennifer Joy Trevathan
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No abstract provided.
Factors Influencing Manufacturing Development In South Dakota, Wayne R. Goeken
Factors Influencing Manufacturing Development In South Dakota, Wayne R. Goeken
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The general objectives of this study are two-fold: (1) To explore how the extent and type of rural industrialization being experienced in South · Dakota differs among types of communities and local labor sheds. (2) To draw policy and planning conclusions that can be used. by rural industrial development entities at the community, district, and state levels in South Dakota. To achieve these two general objectives, the following specific study objectives will be pursued: (1) To determine relationships between the magnitude of manufacturing employment growth and various community and 'local labor shed characteristics. (2) To determine relationships between the type …
The Effect Of Source-Message-Variants On Racial Attitude Change Among College Freshmen, Winfrey M. Ruffin, Jr.
The Effect Of Source-Message-Variants On Racial Attitude Change Among College Freshmen, Winfrey M. Ruffin, Jr.
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The objective of this study was to determine how the racial attitudes of freshman students were reinforced or altered by variant stereotypic messages received from differing classroom instructors. A theoretical model and an associated set of propositions and hypotheses were formulated based on symbolic interactionism, consistency and dissonance theory, and information relating processes. The following research hypothesis was generated: Groups receiving variant messages, both as to source and content, will differ in the extent of change in the attitudes of their members toward persons of the opposite race. Twenty-six null hypotheses were formulated, covering different sourse [sic]-message variation as applied …
A Theory And Partial Test Of Women's Double-Tracking Role Transitions And Quality Of Role Enactment, Charlene Joy Ellis
A Theory And Partial Test Of Women's Double-Tracking Role Transitions And Quality Of Role Enactment, Charlene Joy Ellis
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As increasing numbers of women enter the labor force, it is becoming apparent women’s views concerning their future lifestyle are changing. The attempt to double-track is resulting in higher incidences of stress in women’s lives. Arnold Rose conducted a study of college females at the University of Minnesota. He discovered that females did not have clear expectations of future roles. He suggested that they had not been afforded the opportunity for relevant and adequate training that would prepare them for these roles. Several researchers have presented theories related to role enactment. The consensus appears to be that the expectations of …
The Weapons Of The Early Bronze-Middle Bronze Intermediate Period In Palestine, Jonathan E. Feinstein
The Weapons Of The Early Bronze-Middle Bronze Intermediate Period In Palestine, Jonathan E. Feinstein
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No abstract provided.
Correlates Of Job Satisfaction For Secondary Social Studies Teachers In Mississippi, Dani Cheryl Allred
Correlates Of Job Satisfaction For Secondary Social Studies Teachers In Mississippi, Dani Cheryl Allred
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No abstract provided.