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A Follow-Up Study Of The 1967, 1968, And 1969 Clerical-Secretarial Graduates Of Lake Region Junior College, Devils Lake, North Dakota, With Implications For Curriculum Revision, James E. Labarre

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the present Clerical-Secretarial program taught at Lake Region Junior College, Devils Lake, North Dakota.

A questionnaire-opinionnaire was mailed to the 1967, 1968, and 1969 Clerical-Secretarial graduates. Returns were received from 78.5 percent of the graduates.

The returns showed that two-thirds of the respondents were employed full time. The majority of the respondents were employed as secretaries, general clerical workers, bookkeepers, and tank tellers. The balance of the respondents were employed in numerous other occupations. Almost two-thirds of the respondents left their first job within twelve months of …

Articulation Of Shorthand And Typewriting In Four-Year Colleges Offering A Business Teacher Education Major In North Dakota, South Dakota And Montana, Darrell Morrison

Theses and Dissertations

This independent study was conducted through the perusal of the college catalogs for each college and an analysis of the survey instruments that were sent to all four-year colleges in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana that offer a business teacher education major.

Findings: 1. The average number of students in the sixteen schools that are majoring in business teacher education is 141.

2. Thirteen of the sixteen schools offer credit for the beginning course in shorthand, and twelve offer credit for the beginning course in typewriting.

3. As a general rule, the amount of credit granted for each course …

An Exploratory Study Of Holland's Theory Of Vocational Choice And Rotter's Social Learning Theory, James A. Foster

Theses and Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between Holland's theory of vocational choice and Rotter's social learning theory. More specifically, it was aimed at examining the interplay between internal-external locus of control and consistent and inconsistent vocational patterns to determine whether the apparent differences between personality theory and vocational choice theory could be reduced.

Subjects: The subjects were 493 freshmen males who entered the University of North Dakota during the Summer or Fall of 1967, participated in the Orientation Program, and completed one semester of course work. In accordance with the experimental design 474 subjects of …

A Method For Evaluating Cardiovascular Conditioning In Swimmers, Paul M. Cerio

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if cardiovascular conditioning did take place during the swimmer's training season.This study was also concerned with developing an index for each swimmer. This index would give a coach a convenient and practical method of establishing the cardiovascular condition of his swimmers for a particular segment of the training season.

The subjects used in this study were two male Caucasians with previous competitive swimming experience. The subjects were tested twice a week during three predetermined segments of the training season. They were tested during the first ten minutes of the regular practice session. …

Accounting Treatment Of Research And Development Costs, Cecil B. Ellis

Theses and Dissertations

The expenditures for industrial research and development by companies have increased significantly in recent years and this has had a dramatic impact upon the reported financial position and results of operations of those companies engaged in substantial research and development programs. It was determined that the majority of companies treat research and development costs as a current expense which in many instances does not adhere to sound accounting theory. The companies justified using the current expense method in accounting for research and development expenditures because of conservatism, expediency, the uncertainty of future benefits, and the acceptability by the Internal Revenue …

The Critical Thinking Ability Of New School Sixth Grade Students, Lowell H. Thompson

Theses and Dissertations

Problem: The major purpose of this study was to determine if the teacher training program of the New School of Behavioral Studies in Education had been successful in preparing elementary teachers capable of creating a classroom environment more conducive to the development of critical thinking in the area of social studies.

In addition the study investigated the reliability of the Social Studies Inference Test and also determined what relationships existed between the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, the SRA Test, and the various sections of the Social Studies Inference Test.

Procedure: The research population consisted of 643 students enrolled in …

Sources Of Legislation In The Forty-First Legislative Assembly Of North Dakota (1969), Boyd L. Wright

Theses and Dissertations

This study is an attempt to ascertain the sources of legislation introduced during the Forty-first North Dakota Legislative Assembly in 1969. The purpose is to explore a new area of legislative behavior in an attempt to better understand the legislative process.

A questionnaire was mailed to all legislators in the 1969 session indicating those bills and resolutions of which they were the prime sponsor. The questionnaire was designed to elicit which of nine categories listed was the source of each particular piece of legislation. The data was coded and correlated with various variables such as political party, tenure, residency, leadership, …

Differential Behavior On Skill And Chance Tasks As A Function Of Perceived Locus Of Control, Michael D. Paulson

Theses and Dissertations

This investigation was designed to examine differences in behavior that may exist between internals and externals on skill and chance tasks. Since internals should be more motivated in a skill task, it was hypothesized that they would show more trials to extinction, more frustration, and more arousal in acquisition and extinction on the skill task than externals. Since externals should be more motivated on a chance task, it was hypothesized that they would show more trials to extinction, more frustration, and more arousal in acquisition and extinction on the chance task than internals.

Subjects were pre-selected on the basis of …

A Study Of Reliability Of The Aahper Youth Fitness Test As Applied To Male Visually Handicapped Students At The North Dakota State School For The Blind, David P. Shyiak

Theses and Dissertations

The lack of physical fitness exhibited by American youth as compared to European youth has prompted the development of the AAHPER Youth Fitness Test to assay the physical fitness of children in the public schools. This test is being administered to thousands of public school children every year. Today, over sixty percent of the visually handicapped students are receiving their education in the schools of the communities where they live. The AAHPER Youth Fitness Test has been found to be reliable when administered to normal children. This study was formulated to determine the reliability of the AAHPER Youth Fitness Test …

Attitude Change In Relation To The Primacy-Recency Problem And Retention-Acceptance Factors, Barry L. Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

In attempting to persuade people, it is still not clear whether information presented first (primacy) or information presented last (recency) is more influential. Miller and Campbell (1959) found a primacy effect when they utilized a one week delay prior to obtaining a measurement with their post-test. They also obtained a measure of retention and found that this did not account for the attitude change. They agreed with Hovland (1957) that acceptance factors might be affecting the final opinion change.

This study attempted to clarify the role played by retention and acceptance factors on primacy-recency effects. A one week delay was …

The Design Of A Life Support Circulation System For Hyperbaric Chambers, Kenneth P. Orchuk

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis was to present the design of a Life-Support Circulation System for Hyperbaric Chambers as specified by the Themis Committee.

An important objective was to design a versatile circulation system which could be constructed from commercial products.

Circulation specifications were set by conditions required for the animals under observation in the hyperbaric chambers. Since these studies were to be conducted for prolonged periods, cost analysis warranted a closed system design.

The versatility of the system required investigation of several types of valves for satisfactory operation. Also, pressure monitoring controlled valves and pressure regulators had to be …

Information Extraction And Incidental Learning As Functions Of Locus Of Control, Motivation, And Sex, James Newell Hall

Theses and Dissertations

Past research findings on information extraction as a function of locus of control have been conflicting. By using a hidden-word task ■ with each of the twenty items being exposed for one second, this was investigated in a three way analysis of variance design (locus of control by sex by motivation). Hypothesized, but not found, was a significant personality by motivation (instructions) interaction. Furthermore, no significant differences were found between internals and externals, males and females, and high and low motivation conditions.

An attempt at replication and extension of Spjut's (1968) study on incidental learning and locus of control was …

An Exploration Of Some Sex Differences In Agreement-Attraction Relationships, Bette Ann Havens

Theses and Dissertations

The investigation was designed to explore some sex differences in agreement-attraction relationships. The investigation was divided into two parts: one part dealt with a hypothetical stranger as a partner, the other part required a known acquaintance as a partner. Pairs of same sexed subjects responded to agreement measures and to a questionnaire describing aspects of friendship. The only result in Study I was that males who agree with other males on specific daily activity have higher levels of friendship ("voluntary interdependence"), than those who are dissimilar on specific daily activity. This was the only result found using a hypothetical person …

Communication Of Experimenter Expectancy As A Function Of The Internal-External Locus Of Control, Diane M. Harder

Theses and Dissertations

Several studies suggest) that experimenters may influence subjects in experimental situations and thereby obtain the predicted results (Rosenthal, 1966). Thus, the results obtained in research may reflect (1) independent vatfiabl.es, and (2) bi. resulting from the communication of expectancies by the experimenter.

Although numerous investiga^ ons have considered characteristics of experir nters and subjects that facilitate expectancy communication, the experimenter effect remains inadequately explained (Fode, 1967). It was felt that the Investigation of an additional variable, internal-external locus of ontrol, (Rotter, 1954) might contribute further informationL Past research suggested that internal subjects are better influencers (Pharos, 1965), and that they …

The Effects Of Sex And Levels Of Acquaintance On Risk-Taking In Groups, Richard A. Harper

Theses and Dissertations

Problem: This study had three purposes: (1) to test for differences in risk-taking among all male, all female, and mixed-sex groups; (2) to test for differences in risk-taking between low acquaintance groups and high acquaintance groups; and (3) to investigate whether or not familiarity with the risk-taking instrument, the Choice Dilemmas Questionnaire, affected risk-taking.

Procedure: The subjects used in this study were 144 male and female freshmen who were enrolled in Humanities 101 at the University of North Dakota in the fall semester of 1969. The subjects were randomly selected from the total male and female freshmen population who were …

A Comparative Study Of Male And Female Alcoholics In Treatment As Measured By The Mmpi, Jack H. Baukol

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No abstract provided.

A Survey Of The Helminth Parasites And Coccidia Of Cattle And Sheep In Utah Valley, Joseph Carl Fox

Theses and Dissertations

A survey of gastro-intestinal parasites in cattle and sheep in Utah Valley was conducted. Cattle in the valley were not seriously parasitized by helminths, whereas sheep usually had heavy helminth infections. Ten genera of helminths and 8 species of coccidia were identified in cattle in the valley, and 14 genera of helminths and 8 species of coccidia were identified in sheep. In conjunction with the survey, meteorologic studies were conducted May through September, 1909, to ascertain the effects which irrigation had upon micro-environments on grass pastures in relation to the development of free-Iiving stages of gastro-intestinal nematodes of ruminants. The …

The Introduction Of Asian History Into Utah High Schools, Carol M. Hinckley

Theses and Dissertations

Asian history is increasingly recognized by experts as a necessary part of a high school student's world history experience. Asia is important for them to study because of its great intrinsic value and because of Asia's relationship with the United States in the future. To date, however, in Utah there are no separate Asian history courses being taught and few teachers include Asia as an important part of the world history course.

Schools in other parts of the nation have instituted practical Asian history courses and Utah can follow their example. Teachers should consider how much time can be devoted …

Qualitative And Quantitative Methods Of Automation Equipment Investment, Charles S. Knode

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No abstract provided.

Uncertainty In Capital Investment Analysis, Kenneth Krock

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No abstract provided.

Separation Of Scandium And Calcium By Liquid-Liquid Extraction Using Tri-N-Butyl Phosphate As Solvent, Kavasseri P. Radhakrishnan

Theses and Dissertations

Equilibrium data have been obtained for the systems Ca(N03)2- HNO3- TBP- H20 and Sc(N03)3- Ca(N03)2- HNO3- TBP- H20 over a wide range of concentration of the metal nitrates in the aqueous solution. Equilibrium acid concentration was used as a parameter for the equilibrium curves.

For the system Sc(N03)3- Ca(NO3)2- HNO3- TBP- H20 the distribution coefficients of scandium and calcium decreased with increasing acidity of the aqueous phase. The distribution coefficient of scandium was largely dependent on the calcium concentration in the aqueous phase rather than the scandium concentration as a result of the salting-out effect of calcium nitrate.

The separation …

Activated Carbon From North Dakota Lignite, John R. Mcnally

Theses and Dissertations

Activated carbon was produced by reacting lignite char with steam in a fluidized-bed reactor which was designed and constructed for this study. Effects of three variables temperature, residence time and particle size, at four levels were studied statistically using a Latin square design. When the analysis of variance indicated that only two of the variables, temperature and residence time, were significant, a two-way classification design was used to investigate optimum activation conditions.

Activated carbon with adsorptive powers which were equal to or superior to Darco active carbon, as shown by the iodine test and the color adsorption test, were produced …

Ecological Factors Affecting Lateral Distribution Of Goldeye Hiodon Alosoides (Rafinesque), In The Little Missouri Arm, Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota, Stanley I. Johannes

Theses and Dissertations

The lateral distribution of goldeye, Hiodon alosoides (Rafinesque) in Little Missouri Arm, Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota, was investigated during 1967 and 1968. This species, which is of commercial importance in Canada, is present in great abundance in Lake Sakakawea, yet is not commercially exploited in that body of water.

Experimental gill nets were fished from the surface at eight locations along the Little Missouri Arm to detect differences in goldeye populations along the length of the arm. A total of 7,191 fish were taken of which 6,536 or 90.80% were goldeye. Mesh selectivity data was recorded; 1 1/4 inch mesh …

Conflicting Opinions Concerning Electric Versus Nonelectric Typewriters For Beginning Typewriting, Moine R. Gates

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No abstract provided.

A Preliminary Study Of The Effects Of Temperature And Coal Source In Efficiency Of Electrostatic Precipitation Of Fly Ash From Western Coals, Stanley John Selle

Theses and Dissertations

The investigation was the first phase of a program to develop a pilot electrostatic precipitator test facility. The facility was to study the effects of various operating conditions on precipitator collection efficiency for fly ash from western coals.

A plate-type pilot electrostatic precipitator was built and modified to increase its applicability to the problems studied.

Results of tests9 run to determine the effect of temperature on collection efficiency for fly ash from a single sources indicated the existence of an optimum operating temperature. Test results also showed that the coal and fly ash composition have an effect on precipitator collection …

A Study Of The Factors Affecting Lds Institute Enrollment Among Students From Homes Of Parents Who Are Inactive In The Lds Church, Boyd Leslie Robertson

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to determine if there are differences in characteristics of home environment, school environment, or within the students themselves, between college students enrolling in classes taught at the LDS Institute of Religion, who come from homes where both parents are "inactive" in the LDS church, and a similar group of students who do not enroll.

An Analysis Of The Job Requirements For The General Industrial Technologist In Five Selected Industries, Edward A. Kirkelie

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No abstract provided.

A Survey Of The Administrative Practices In The Intramural Programs As Found In The Technological - Vocational Post-Secondary Schools Of Manitoba, Roy Delbert Pollock

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No abstract provided.

The Role Of The Seminary Teacher As A Counselor As Judged By Stake Presidents, Bishops, And Seminary Teachers, George M. Peacock

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the counseling role of the seminary teacher. Answers to the following were sought:
1. Are there significant differences in the counseling role of the seminary teacher as seen by members of stake presidencies and bishops, and as seen by seminary teachers themselves?
2. Is there a consensus among teachers and Church leaders concerning the counseling role of the seminary teacher?
3. What is the counseling role of the seminary teacher?

The following conclusions were drawn:
1. There were significant differences on six of the twenty-five items. No pattern of difference was shown. …

A History Of The Deseret Alphabet, Larry Ray Wintersteen

Theses and Dissertations

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the years 1852-1877, introduced to its membership a form of rhetoric (writing system) called the deseret alphabet (phonetic alphabet). This experiment was intended to alleviate the problem of non-communication which was created by the great influx of foreign speaking Saints into the great Salt Lake Valley.
The alphabet was developed and encouraged by the Prophet Brigham Young and a few followers. Much to their dismay the members of the Church did not have the same vision of its workability as did its promoters.
This new alphabet appears not to have met …