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Survey Participation, Nonresponse Bias, Measurement Error Bias, And Total Bias, Kristen M. Olson

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

A common hypothesis about practices to reduce survey nonresponse is that those persons brought into the respondent pool through persuasive efforts may provide data filled with measurement error. Two questions flow from this hypothesis. First, does the mean square error of a statistic increase when sample persons who are less likely to be contacted or cooperate are incorporated into the respondent pool? Second, do nonresponse bias estimates made on the respondents, using survey reports instead of records, provide accurate information about nonresponse bias? Using a unique data set, the Wisconsin Divorce Study, with divorce records as the frame and questions …

Some Guiding Assumptions And A Theoretical Model For Developing Culturally Specific Preventions With Native American People, Les B. Whitbeck

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

This essay proposes six basic assumptions to guide the development of prevention research partnerships between Native American communities and non-Native American prevention researchers. It also presents a five-stage theoretical model for the development of culturally specific prevention research. The theoretical model addresses the need for: (a) the cultural translation of key prevention constructs pertaining to risk and protective factors and (b) the development of measures of culturally specific risk and protective factors that will contribute to explained variance over and above that explained by traditional European models. “Cultural translation” refers to the process of adapting key variables to reflect their …

Sudanese Demonstration In Cairo: Different Stands And Different Opinions, Assad Khalid Salih

Faculty Journal Articles

The historical relationship between Sudan and Egypt harkens back to Pharonic and Nubian civilizations. As a consequence of both Turkish and British occupation, Sudan and Egypt have a shared experience of colonial rule and therefore share commonalities. During the period of occupation, many Sudanese and Egyptians settled in each others countries and many became citizens of both countries or intermarried. The relationship was, for many decades, peaceful and harmonious. However, the tranquility was disrupted in the 1980s when, as a consequence of the seizure of power by Pro-Islamists in Sudan, the relationship between the countries became one of tension. Relations …

The Oak And The Reed: Counter-Terrorism Mechanisms In France And The United States Of America, Antoine Garapon

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Iwu School Of Music To Host Brass Chamber Music Recital, Kay Mitchell

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Nothing Left To Lose? An Examination Of The Dynamics And Recent History Of Refugee Resistance And Protest, Matthew Themba Lewis

Faculty Journal Articles

Refugee protest is some of the most desperate, dramatic and spectacular. Instances of self-immolation, slow public starvation, and riotous violence are not rare, but public response and research has been limited at best. Simultaneously, it can be quiet, unnoticed, isolated, lonely - late night solitary suicides and disappearance from institutional routine. Coping with the harsh conditions of life in exile, institutional and otherwise, is an inherent component of the refugee experience - and a component that, as trends toward restrictive asylum policy grow, increasingly incorporates protest. Resistance in exile has become a tool of refugee identity, a vehicle through which …

Family, Community, And School Influences On Resilience Among American Indian Adolescents In The Upper Midwest, Teresa D. Lafromboise, Dan R. Hoyt, Lisa Oliver, Les B. Whitbeck

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

This study examines resilience among a sample of American Indian adolescents living on or near reservations in the upper Midwest. Data are from a baseline survey of 212 youth (115 boys and 97 girls) who were enrolled in the fifth through eighth grades. Based upon the definition of resilience, latent class analyses were conducted to identify youth who displayed prosocial outcomes (60.5%) as opposed to problem behavior outcomes. A measure of family adversity was also developed that indicated only 38.4% of the youth lived in low-adversity households. Defining resilience in the context of positive outcomes in the face of adversity, …

Herbert Butterfield And The Interpretation Of History (Book Review), Harry Van Dyke

Pro Rege

Reviewed Title: Herbert Butterfield and the Interpretation of History by Keith C. Sewell (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) 280 pp., including bibliographies and an index. ISBN 1-4039-3928-4.

Sex Similarities And Differences In Preferences For Short-Term Mates: What, Whether, And Why, Norman P. Li, Douglas T. Kenrick

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Are there sex differences in criteria for sexual relationships? The answer depends on what question a researcher asks. Data suggest that, whereas the sexes differ in whether they will enter short-term sexual relationships, they are more similar in what they prioritize in partners for such relationships. However, additional data and context of other findings and theory suggest different underlying reasons. In Studies 1 and 2, men and women were given varying "mate budgets" to design short-term mates and were asked whether they would actually mate with constructed partners. Study 3 used a mate-screening paradigm. Whereas women have been found to …

Impact Of War And Military Service On Income Inequality In Northern Vietnam, Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

During the 1940s-1970s Vietnam experienced nearly continuous wars. Military service was almost a rite of passage for young men growing up during these decades. Evidence indicates that families during wartime viewed military service as a locus for upward mobility, as the socialist regime promised veterans various incentives, including educational benefits, employment preference, and Communist Party membership. While this series of wars over the span of three decades has left a profound imprint on the early life course trajectories of men in Vietnam, there is surprisingly little research detailing the long-term consequences of military service. Based on the Vietnam Longitudinal Survey, …

Law School Record, Vol. 52, No. 2 (Spring 2006), Law School Record Editors

Law School Record

• Improving the Transition to Emancipation
• Drawing Religious and Political Boundaries: Constitutional Anti-Sorting Principles
• A Legal Fig Leaf? Richard Posner and Geoffrey Stone Debate Warrants and Wiretapping
• Blogging and Podcasting: Emerging Technologies Expand Legal
  Discourse
• Remedies for Reform
• Faculty Books: Language of the Gun: Youth, Crime, and Public Policy

Introduction: New British Feminist Scholarship And Contemporary Politics, Kristin Aune, Celia Roberts

Journal of International Women's Studies

No abstract provided.

Editorial: On Falling Into Medievalism, Richard Utz

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

Self-Defeating Proposals: Ackerman On Emergency Powers, Adrian Vermeule

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

No abstract provided.

The Delegation Lottery, Adrian Vermeule

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

No abstract provided.

You Can’T Be Serious, That Ball Was In: An Investigation Of Junior Tennis Cheating Behavior, Jonathan Casper

The Qualitative Report

Because junior tennis players have to enforce the rules of the game against each other, cheating to give a player an unfair advantage is common. While this deviant behavior is found to be commonplace in the sport, there is little research to investigate its cause or influences. Results indicated that junior players felt that personal and parental pressures were the most common sources of perceived pressure to win that resulted in cheating behavior. The prevalence of parents who cheat was also cited as a major issue with the participants. Implications as to how the current study adds to the literature …

Tools For The Edge: What’S New For Conserving Carnivores, John A. Shivik

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

The loss of large carnivores at the edges of parks, preserves, and human habitations threatens the conservation of many species. Thus, effective predation management is a conservation issue, and tools to mitigate conflicts between humans and predators are required. Both disruptive-stimulus (e.g., fladry, Electronic Guards, radio-activated guards) and aversive-stimulus (e.g., electronic training collars, less-than-lethal ammunition) approaches are useful, and technological advances have led to many new, commercially available methods. Evaluating the biological and economic efficiency of these methods is important. However, social and psychological effects should also be considered. The management of animal damage to human property is necessary, and …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 81, No. 29 [36], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Paul, Corey. Alpha Gamma Rhos Suspended Three Years
• Stackhouse, A. Layne. Students Slam Poetry
• Gibson, Adam. New Prepay Ordinance Gets Mixed Reviews – Gas Stations
• Coulter, Amber. Student Loan Rates Increase
• Richardson, Kelly, Coulter, Amber. Universities Worry about ‘Privatization’
• McNamara, Andrew. Former Mall Now Used As Research Facility for Western – Center for Research & Development
• Harrell, Bobby. Imagewest Hosts Open house in MMTH
• Food Service Blunders
• Bussey, Charles. The Cult of the Presidency?
• Carter, Robert. There is More to Bowling Green Than Just Western …

Arbiter, February 27, Students Of Boise State University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Current, February 27, 2006, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (2000s)

No abstract provided.

February 27, 2006, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

The Collegian (2006-02-27), José Borjón

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 58, No. 21

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, February 26, 2006, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2006

No abstract provided.

Unf In Review 2005, University Of North Florida

UNF in Review

An annual report to the community from the University of North Florida published as a supplement to the Florida Times Union. The University of North Florida Community Report was produced by the Specialty Publication Division of the Florida Times-Union in cooperation with the Office of Marketing & Publications at the University of North Florida. The report includes a letter from John Delaney, President of University of North Florida and reports on UNF’s new student –centered brand – “No One Like You. No Place Like This”, UNF Serving the community including information on The Fine Arts Center, the free lecture series …

Affirmative Action In American Law Schools: A Critical Response To Richard Sander's "A Reply To Critics", Richard O. Lempert, William C. Kidder, Timothy T. Clydesdale, David L. Chambers

Law & Economics Working Papers Archive: 2003-2009

Richard Sander’s Stanford Law Review article, “A Systemic Analysis of Affirmative Action in American Law Schools,” has generated considerable attention and criticism. This included a critical essay in the May 2005 Stanford Law Review by the four of us, as well as others in the same issue by Professors Ian Ayres and Richard Brooks, Michele Landis Dauber, and David Wilkins. Sander’s “A Reply to Critics” also appeared in the same issue. For those following this empirical debate about the costs and benefits of affirmative action, we provide this working paper as a response to Sander’s “A Reply to Critics.” We …

February 24, 2006, College Of Science Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee

No abstract provided.

The Courier, Volume 39, Issue 17, February 24, 2006, The Courier, College Of Dupage

The Courier

Stories:

Kazor Steps Down

Enrollment Pattern Unphased

Our Adair Is Ambrogio (“The Barber Of Seville")

Another Coach Resigns

People:

Steve Kazor

Justin Adair

Dave Tamkin

Cathy Braun

Flyer News, Vol. 53, No. 31 (Feb. 24, 2006), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton

Newscast, February 24, 2006, Illinois State University, College Of Applied Science And Technology

newsCAST

Newsletter of the Illinois State University College of Applied Science and Technology

Daniel Canncasciato Interview, Daniel Canncasciato

Retirement Association Interviews

Daniel CannCasciato acted as head of cataloging at Central Washington University's library, 1995-2014. Between 1999 and 2006, he filled roles as Senate chair and head of the faculty union.