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Developing A Resource Unit For The Introductory Unit Of The General Business Course, Mary Joan Smith

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An Analysis Of The Marketing Practices Of Selected Retail Farm Equipment, Jerome J. Renner

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The purpose of this thesis is to describe and analyze the marketing practices involved in leasing farm equipment by selected independently owned and operated farm equipment dealers in North Dakota. The data, for this study was obtained by personal interviews of farm equipment dealers who lease.

Farm equipment retailing has its origins in the hardware store of the nineteenth century. Retailing of farm equipment in North Dakota, began in the late 1800's. The North Dakota. Implement Dealers Association was formed in 1899.

Leasing is a relatively new method of marketing farm equipment. Farm equipment lessors felt that adequate capital was …

The Reliability And Validity Of The Modified Aahper Fitness Test As Applied To Freshmen College Males At The University Of North Dakota, Paul O. Soderberg

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This thesis topic was basically concerned with two phases. The first phase of the study was to determine the reliability of the Modified AAHPER Fitness Test. The second phase of the study was to determine the validity of this same test. Test administrations were given in a one week period.

The reliability was established by the test-retest method. Thirty-seven subjects participated in two test periods. The validity was established by comparing nineteen subjects' results on a criterion test, to their results on the first administration of the Modified AAHPER Test Items.

All items of the Modified AAHPER Test were found …

Punishment Correlations In A Multiple Schedule, John O. Kling

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Research indicates that punishment sometimes has discriminative as well as suppressive properties. The discriminative property of punishment usually has been exhibited by correlating punishment, with positive reinforcement, then testing for facilitative effects of punishment on responding in the absence of positive reinforcement. In the present study, punishment was correlated with one or the other of the two components of a multiple fixed-ratio schedule after the discrimination based on differential frequency of reinforcement had been formed. The correlation of punishment x^ith the components we.s reversed with the expectation that reversal of the correlations would reveal appropriate changes in responding in the …

Comparison Of Three Training Methods For Middle And Long Distance Runners, John A. Mitchell

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The purpose of this study was to determine whether a training program could be found which would enable middle and long distance runners to improve their performances in a short period of time.

Three groups (Fartlek, Interval, and American) of six subjects each were equated with the matched pairs technique. The groups were tested in the spring of 1969 after twelve days of training. The test used in this study was the 880 yard run. The runners participated in a six week conditioning and training period before the retest was administered.

Between group comparisons were made using the mean differences …

William Langer's Resurgence To Political Power In 1932, Gordon W. Johnson

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The intent of this paper is to uncover the political activity of William Langer from the Morton County State’s Attorney days of 1914 to his election as governor of North Dakota in 1932.

The first bold signs of Langer’s entertaining political ambitions came during his break with the original Nonpartisan League leaders during the time he served as North Dakota's Attorney General, 1916-1920. The Independent Voters Association helped him to realize a measure of political strength when they used him as a candidate for governor in 1920. Even though defeated, Langer's political career was just beginning. He used the years …

Viewer Oriented Art Forms, D. Gay Massee

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For purposes of clarity, art forms which attempt to affect the viewer through exaggerated means based on sensory appeal, are termed 'viewer oriented.' This thesis discusses the origin, development, and implications of these forms.

The past is examined for possible links to the present. Contemporary forms are considered more specifically. My own work is used as further reference.

It was found that the main body of viewer oriented works in the past had occurred within the sponsoring power institutions in a functioning role. As technological improvements increased, the artist's role in society lessened. Freed from restraints of established tradition, art …

Open And Closed Mindedness, Values, And Other Personality Characteristics Of Male College Students Who Served On Or Appeared Before Judiciary Boards, Gordon H. Henry

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Problem: The purpose of this study was to determine the direction of change in selected attitudinal characteristics of male students who were either members of a judiciary board (Group 1, N=51), or appeared before a judiciary board (Group 2, N=ll), or had no contact with a judiciary board (Group 3, N=110) while living in the residence halls at the University of North Dakota.

Procedure: The main sources of data for this study were the Allport- Vernon-Lindzey Study of Values, the Rokeach Dogmatism Scale E, and the Adjective Check List. These instruments were administered to the research population early in the …

A Philosophical Justification For Sex Education In The Public School Curricula, Karl B. Groth

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This study was an attempt to determine if the schools should be included as one of the major respondents to meet the need for sex education in present day society.

The purposes of the study were:

1. To analyze and evaluate library resources of written views and opinions for and against sex education.

2. To analyze and evaluate the limitations and potentialities of the four respondents to meet the need for sex education.

The procedure utilized by the writer in this study was the philosophical method of induction and deduction. The analysis was interpreted from the related literature which contained …

Petrography Of Xenolith Zones In The Black Face-Ames Plutons, Western San Juan Mountains, Colorado, Richard B. Moore

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The middle to late Tertiary Black Face-Ames plutons are irregularly-shaped, intrusive bodies located in the San Miguel Mountains of southwestern Colorado. The Ames pluton is generally a composite sill; the Black Face pluton is an asymmetric laccol1th. The two plutons are probably joined at depth, and together they form a crudely annular outcrop pattern, open toward the west. The principal rock type within the plutons is granodiorite porphyry, although part of the Ames pluton consists of porphyritic rhyodacite.

Two major zones of xenoliths of Precambrian rock occur within the Black Face-Ames plutons; scattered xenoliths are found at widely separated locations. …

Molluscan Paleontology Of The Pierre Shale (Upper Cretaceous), Bowman County, North Dakota, Kenneth F. Brinster

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The Pierre Shale of Campanian and Early Maestrichtian age in Bowman County, southwestern North Dakota, has an abundant molluscan fauna and 51 species are described herein. The 51 species consist of 1 species of scaphopod, 13 species in 11 genera of gastropods, 24 species' in 17 genera of bivalves, and 13 species in 6 genera of cephalopods.

The stratigraphy of the Pierre Shale in Bowman County was not compiled into a composite section because of the homogeneity of the shale, the lack of distinctive lithologic units, and the slumped condition of the shale. However, the biostratigraphic position of the Bowman …

Quaternary Geology Of Rolette County, North Dakota, Dwight E. Deal

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Rolette County contains approximately 942 square miles in north central North Dakota (Tps. 159-164 N., Rs. 69-73 W.) adjacent to the Canadian border. It includes the southeastern part of the Turtle Mountains and part of the glacial Lake Souris basin. Basic lithologies recognized in the surface sediments were bedded clay, silt, sand, and gravel; and three types of non-bedded diamicton. These were combined and, with bedding characteristics and organic content, formed 15 practical field mapping units. Geologically significant scarps and hill slopes were also mapped. The data collected is shown at a scale of 1 inch to 2 miles. The …

Groundwater Flow In Part Of The Little Missouri River Basin, North Dakota, Thomas M. Hamilton

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The Little Missouri valley in western North Dakota is deeply incised into slightly permeable Mesozoic and Cenozoic sediments. An evaluation of the groundwater flow in part of this valley was 'based on the present groundwater flow-system models. Abrupt changes in the hydrochemical facies have been explained relative to a continuous flow system.

The Little Missouri valley ls the discharge area of a regional groundwater flow system; it affects the potential distribution of the flow system for a minimum of 1.000 feet below the valley floor. The discharge area is approximately the same width as the valley floor and has a …

Accountants Liability In Auditing And Financial Reporting, Wayne Skalicky

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Some Quantitative Determinants Of Common Stock Price Changes, Delmar Boehm

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The Photochemistry Of Trans-6-Methyl-1,2,3,4,5-Pentaphenyl-1,3-Cyclohexadiene, Fathi Mohamed Saad

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Photochemistry Of Quinine And Related Systems, Enrique F. Travecedo

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The Poetic Vision Of Edith Sitwell, Carol Joyce Thompson Falk

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Transition Metal Catalyzed Skeletal Transformations Of 1,4-Dienes, Dennis Joseph Baker

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The Influence Of Typewriting On Selected Language Arts Skills And Motor Development Of The Educable Mentally Handicapped, Mary Paulette Gladis

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The Transition Metal Catalyzed Skeletal Rearrangement Of Cis-1-4-Hexadiene, Paul August Pinke

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Interests And Background Variables Characterizing Secondary School Librarians Who Work With Teachers In Curriculum Development And Improvement Of Instruction, Anthony C. Schulzetenberge

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The Photooxidation Of Saturated Hydrocarbons, Paul Vincent Sneeringer

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The Legal System Of The Red Lake Reservation, William J. Lawrence

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Design And Construction Of A Cranz-Schardin Camera, Waleed Y. Jassim

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East German Foreign Policy : An Experimental Analysis, Timothy C. Jochim

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Size-Dependence Of The Fermi Energy In Bite--S₅, Peter N. Johnson

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An Application Of Pattern Recognition Techniques To Animal Activity Measurement, Dennis W. Hodges

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A Follow-Up Study Of The Business Education Graduates, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, From 1964-1968, Inclusive, With Implications For Curriculum Revision, Ardeith Juven

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An Evaluation Of The Opportunities For Economic Development On The Peguis Indian Reserve, Ralph L. Holden

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