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A Comparison Of Program Satisfaction Between Competitive, National-Topic Tournament Debating And Off-Topic, Non-Competitive And Non-Tournament Debating, Rebecca A. Zander

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Delimiting Residential Growth : A Theoretical And Empirical Study Of Spatial Spread, Ronald L. Rogstad

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Fertility Policy And Program Effect On Fertility Through Structural And Cultural Components, Brian F. Pendleton

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Social Action Involved In Obtaining Holistic Medical Care, Virginia L. Norman

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The Philosophy Of The History Of Logic Of Charles Peirce, Guy O'Gorman King

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The Effect Of No Practice On The Free Throw Shooting Accurary Among Skilled Basketball Players At The University Of North Dakota, Bill R. Kruse

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The Design Of An Entry-Exit Mechanism As Applied To A Conceptual Vehicle For Transporting Wheelchairs, Don Mathsen

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Maze Acquisition In The Zinc Deficient Rat, Paige M. Lokken

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Interest in the role played by trace minerals in brain development and the subsequent effect on learning is recent. Biochemically a great number of studies on zinc have been done, but in only one other laboratory have the behavioral consequences of a zinc-deficiency been looked at. The present study attempts to partially replicate the previous studies and to explore the behavioral effect of a zinc-deficiency in a different manner. In the postnatal study, dams were made zinc-deficient from the day of delivery until weaning of the pups occurred (21 days). Paired animals were fed the same amount of food as …

Responsibility Accounting: A Better Way To Serve Management, Gary D. Anderson

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A Study Of The Relationship Between Number Of Distinctive-Feature Errors And Judged Speech Defectiveness, Laura Lynne Krowchenko

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The purpose of this study was to determine if judged speech defectiveness is systematically based on the distance between the target and the substituted phoneme, as measured by the number of distinctive-feature errors occurring in a phoneme substitution. Eighteen passages of continuous speech, arranged in paired comparisons, were presented to fifty subjects. Fifteen passages were prepared so that each contained ten phoneme substitutions of one, two, three, four, or five feature errors. Three passages were articulated correctly. Forty-five pairs of passages were played for the subjects who x?ere required to judge which passage of a pair was the more defective. …

An Analysis Of The Relationships Between Arbitration Board Awards And Selected Independent Variables In The Providence Of Manitoba, Aron Sawatsky

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Problem

The problem was that of determining what factors affect arbitration awards in Manitoba in the settlement of salary disputes, and how these awards compared with settlements made by negotiation or conciliation.

Purpose

The study was designed to:

1. A. Analyze the awards made by arbitration beards appointed under the teams of the Manitoba Public Schools Act, to arbitrate teachers' salary disputes,
2. B. Compare the per cent increase in salary gained by teachers through arbitration with the per cent Increase gained through conciliation and negotiation, and to compare these gains with other selected variables.
3. C. Examine the following null hypotheses:

1. 1. …

Sensory Approach To Creative Writing: A Study Of The Effect Of Increasing The Number Of Types Of Sensory Stimuli Intended To Motivate Children To Write Creatively, Richard P. King

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The Problem: The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine if increasing the number of types of sensory stimulation prior to a writing experience would help children to write more creatively and to write longer stories.

The secondary purpose was to investigate the use of the combination of an intelligence test score plus three measures of creativity as a predictor of creative writing ability.

The Procedure: The sample for this study consisted of randomly selected fourth, sixth, and eighth grade students (N = 300) of the Silver Bay area, a community of 4000 in 'Northeastern Minnesota. These subjects were …

Clustering And Subjective Organization Of Free Recall Learning, Sandra Gail Harrell Fenner

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Two concepts, clustering and subjective organization, have figured prominently in theoretical explanations of free recall learning. With lists composed of categorized words (e.g., animals, vegetables, occupations), subjects tend to order recall by categories, which tendency is called clustering. There is much experimental evidence for a relationship between clustering and amount recalled, as recall and clustering have been shown to increase with repeated presentations of the material. Curiously, there is some evidence that the degree of clustering seems to be uncorrelated with recall scores, that is, subjects who cluster strongly do not recall more words than subjects who cluster less strongly …

The Human Female Figure As An Affected Image In Modern Art, Gregory G. Chyle

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The title, The Human Female Figure as an Affected Image in Modern Art expresses the principal hypothesis of this study, but definition of terms included in this title is necessary to fully understand my intentions. The image of the human female figure depicted in a work of art is the subject of my concern. How the figure is represented, through various attitudes and appearances, assumed or implied, determines how the viewers interpretation of this image is affected .

Although a clearly defined time period is not critical to this study, Modern Art will be defined as that art falling into …

A Study Of Nonverbal Communication And Leadership Emergence In Task-Oriented And Informal Small Groups, Arline F. Schubert

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This study was designed to investigate the nonverbal cues exhibited by participants in informal and task-oriented groups. The following hypotheses were examined: 1) Leaders exhibit significantly more nonverbal cues than do nonleaders in task-oriented and informal small groups; 2) Members of a task-oriented small group will exhibit significantly more nonverbal cues than members of the informal small group; 3) An interaction effect will occur with leaders of the task- oriented groups exhibiting significantly more nonverbal cues than leaders of the informal groups.

Subjects for this study were fifty undergraduate students enrolled in Speech Pathology and Audio! jgy 232 at the …

A Comparative Study Utilizing Carpet For Machine Noise Reduction In An Industrial Technology Woodworking Laboratory, Eugene A. Schlomer

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The nature and scope of this study was an experimental research project designed to determine what effect the installation of carpet would have on the redu·ction of potentially harmful airborne and structure-borne noise levels emitted from standard industrial woodworking machines commonly used in school instructional programs

The specific objectives formulated for the study were to (1) determine the feasibility of using carpet as a sound absorbent floor covering material to control the airborne and structure-borne noise emissions from selected woodworking machines, (2) determine the potentially harmful noise levels produced by various woodworking machines, (3) determine what effect the carpet installed …

The Effects Of Intrauterine Shock On The Emotionality Of The Offspring In The Albino Rat, Mary B. Mehrer

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Recent research with animals indicates that stress applied during pregnancy can influence the emotionality of the offspring (Thompson, 1957; Fazzaro, 1971). The present study x^as designed to investigate the effects of escapable versus inescapable electric shock, administered during pregnancy, on the behavior of the offspring. Female Sprague-Dawley albino rats were mated and placed into three groups. Group I females were given daily sessions of twenty-five, escapable, 0.6mA shocks from Day 10 through Day 16 of pregnancy. Group II females were given the same amount of inescapable shock. Control subjects were placed in the shock apparatus for an equivalent amount of …

An Investigation Of The Components Of Platonic And Romantic Heterosexual Relationships, Philip F. Guinsburg

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During the past twenty years, heterosexual relationships have been studied extensively by researchers in the field of interpersonal attraction without the attainment of consistent results (Wright, 1968). Wright (1968) stated that there were two methodological problems with this past research which are the treatment of variables used to explain attraction as both the independent and dependent variables in the same study and the use of dyadic indices. Also, Wright (1969) noted that past research has generally not examined heterosexual relationships separately for each sex. Finally, Guinsburg (1970a) found that most research dealing with heterosexual relationships has only examined the "romantic" …

Is This Good Talking: A Syntax Screening Test Using No Picture Stimuli, Rhonda I. Hilden

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The purpose of this study was to assess a new screening test of syntax involving no picture stimuli and to compare it to a commonly used syntax screening instrument involving picture stimuli. A subsidiary aim was the determination of the relationship between auditory memory and both tests of syntax. Tests used to measure syntactic ability included the Is This Good Talking? (ITGT) test, which includes no picture stimuli and the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test (MSST), which involves picture stimuli. The Auditory Sequential Memory subtest of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) was selected to measure the auditory memory of …

A Comparison Of The Responses Of Adults On Two Competing Message Tasks, Jacque I. Schmidt

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The purpose of the study was to compare scores obtained on the Staggered Spondaic Word Test (SSW) with scores obtained on. the speech- in-noise subtest of the Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Test of Auditory Discrimination (GFW). Another purpose was to determine test-retest reliability and internal reliability of the GFW. Thirty subjects between the ages of twenty to twenty-four years, eleven months with normal hearing and speech were administered the SSW and the speech-in-noise subtest of the GFW. The GFW was re-administered twenty-four to thirty-six hours following the initial administration. Data were treated with the use of mean, standard deviation and correlation coefficient. Statistical …

The Temperance Crusade In American Fiction, 1830-1860, David H. Vigeland

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The American movement in support of temperance was especially strong from I830 to i860. During these decades, numerous authors used the medium of fiction to convince their readers of the values of abstinence from intoxicants. The purpose of this study is to examine a cross section of this fictional temperance literature in an effort to discover the viewpoints of these writers and to determine the attitudes toward antebellum American society which their works revealed.

In order to investigate more fully the feelings of both the authors and the historically voiceless masses who made their works so popular, such concepts as …

Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts Adapted For The Arena Theatre, William Frank Mellien

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The premise of this production thesis is that Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts, written specifically for the proscenium theatre, can be suitably adapted for presentation in the arena theatre, both directorially and technically. The thesis consists of an historical examination of the arena theatre, Henrik Ibsen, and Ghosts; analyses of the script and characters; adaptations necessary to direct a play in the arena and the director's philosophy in relation to the production; the technical problems encountered in the production; and critiques concerning the successes and failures of the production.

The conclusions of this study are: (1) Ghosts, a realistic play written for …

The Effects Of Word Context And Meaning Upon Second Grade Students' Word Recognition Ability, L. Duane Melling

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Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this investigation was to study children's ability to read words presented in isolation or in a meaningful context. Furthermore, this investigation attempted to determine whether differences exist in children's ability to read polysemous words in two settings: (1) when they are used in their most common meaning in a sentence, and (2) when they are used in a less common meaning in a sentence.

Summary of the Procedures: The sample for this investigation was comprised of second grade students drawn from five elementary schools in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Students from seven classrooms …

An Analysis Of Self Concept In Two Elementary Schools In Relationship To Sex, Grade Level, And Teacher, Carl E. Edeburn

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Problem: This study investigated selected aspects of self concept in elementary school students and their teachers as measured by self report instruments in an initial and retesting situation. Attention was given to determining whether changes in the children's levels of self concept had taken place during the school year, whether differences in self concept were evidenced xvdien compared by sex and grade level, and whether a relationship existed between the self concept of the students and the self concept of their teachers.

Procedure: The research was conducted in two Grand Forks Public Schools during the 1971-72 school year, and the …

The Relationship Between Self Actualization And Selected Learning Experiences Of Elementary Education Majors Enrolled In The University Of North Dakota's Center For Teaching And Learning, John A. Eiden

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The Problem: The purpose of this investigation was an analysis of the relationship between self actualization and selected aspects of the undergraduate elementary education program of senior students in the Center for Teaching and Learning.

The Procedure: The subjects (N=85) for this investigation were randomly selected from the total group of fulltime undergraduate Center for Teaching and Learning elementary education seniors officially registered as of August 28, 1972. The study was conducted during the fall and spring semesters 1972-73, and had a duration of six and one-half months. Other than preassessment and post-assessment, no special program of activity was required …

Freedom And Self-Becoming In Karl Jaspers' Existential Philosophy, Clayton B. Ries

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One of the primary concerns of contemporary counseling literature appears to be the self, to what extent it owes its being to freedom on the one hand, and to environmental influences on the other. This paper does not pretend to resolve so complex an issue. It seeks rather to view the problem x

A Comparison Of The Performance Of High School Bookkeeping/Accounting Students Taught In A Structured Classroom And Those Taught By An Individualized Study Method, Alvin L. Kelling

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A Performance Evaluation Of 1970-72 Secretarial And Clerical Graduates Of The Canby Area Vocational Institute, Canby, Minnesota, Robert B. Hessling

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A Study To Test The Effectiveness Of Time-Out In The Decrease Of Moderate Stuttering, Judy E. Clausen

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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of time-out from speaking on the frequency of moderate stuttering.

Two parallel single subject studies were carried out concurrently. Two adult moderate stutterers were selected as subjects.

Two sessions of baserate measurement were followed by nine sessions in which 10 seconds of time-out from speaking was made contingent upon the stuttering of Subject A. Subject B was the control subject for the first nine sessions and he received no consequences for stuttering. With session twelve, Subject A became the control and Subject B was required to stop speaking for 10 …

Sex Differences In Memory Measured By Signal Detection, Ronald L. Matthew

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The theory of signal detection was used to determine sex differences in recognition memory for a social task using favorable, neutral, and unfavorable statements about men and women. Signal detection affords two measures: d' represents a measure of S's sensitivity (memory) and β a measure of his criterion or willingness to respond based on his memory.

Descriptions of people were scaled by ten men and ten women for degree of favorability. From these items, four lists were constructed and given to twenty male and twenty female undergraduates at the University of North Dakota. The independent variables used in the study …