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Title: THE YOUNG VICS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A POPULAR THEATRICAL TRADITION.
Creator: ROMAGNOLI, RICHARD V., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This document studies and chronicles a tradition of popular theatre which began with Jacques Copeau at the Vieux Columbier, and was continued by his nephew Michel St. Denis at the London Theatre Studio and Old Vic Theatre Centre (comprising the Old Vic School, the Young Vic company and the proposed experimental New Vic). This tradition has its clearest modern evocation in Frank Dunlop's Young Vic, opened in 1970., The first part of the dissertation is a study of Copeau's tradition and...
Show moreThis document studies and chronicles a tradition of popular theatre which began with Jacques Copeau at the Vieux Columbier, and was continued by his nephew Michel St. Denis at the London Theatre Studio and Old Vic Theatre Centre (comprising the Old Vic School, the Young Vic company and the proposed experimental New Vic). This tradition has its clearest modern evocation in Frank Dunlop's Young Vic, opened in 1970., The first part of the dissertation is a study of Copeau's tradition and aesthetics. The history and evolution of Copeau's work is detailed. The document then picks up the work of St. Denis, who had worked with his uncle in France, as he relocates in England and founds first the London Theatre Studio and (with George Devine and Glen Byam Shaw) the Old Vic Theatre Centre. The history of the Centre is elucidated and its teaching and production methodologies explored. Finally, the collapse of the Centre and resignation of the directors in the early 1950's is chronicled. Throughout, the document stresses the importance and effect of the techniques and outlook espoused by St. Denis. This section was researched with the assistance of much uncatalogued material from the Old Vic archives., The second half of the document is a history and examination of the Young Vic Theatre under Frank Dunlop. Areas explored include Dunlop's professional background and early affiliation as a student with St. Denis, his preferred production style, the intent and certain alterations of intent of the Young Vic company and the company's success in reaching both their designated young and disaffected audience and a much broader public. Much material in this section is derived from in-person interviews with administrators, directors and performers. The conclusion compares the two entities, their effect and the possible future of the tradition. The importance of St. Denis' school as a mechanism for dissemination is reemphasized, and the history of this approach is once again outlined.
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Date Issued: 1980, 1980
Identifier: AAI8100649, 3084711, FSDT3084711, fsu:74212
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Title: YOUNG CHILDREN'S ACQUISITION OF SELECTED ART CONCEPTS USING THE MEDIUM OF BLOCKS WITH TEACHER GUIDANCE.
Creator: GELFER, JEFFREY IAN., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the significance of using blocks as an art medium to teach young children, 3 and 4 years of age, selected art concepts through regularly scheduled treatments. It also examined the effect of learning these concepts had on the structures the children built., The sample consisted of 40 children, ages 42-54 months, who were randomly selected from four pre-schools in Tallahassee, Florida. Two schools, one designated as the experimental with 10 children...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to investigate the significance of using blocks as an art medium to teach young children, 3 and 4 years of age, selected art concepts through regularly scheduled treatments. It also examined the effect of learning these concepts had on the structures the children built., The sample consisted of 40 children, ages 42-54 months, who were randomly selected from four pre-schools in Tallahassee, Florida. Two schools, one designated as the experimental with 10 children and one as the control with 10 children, were on the east side of the city. Two schools with the same distribution were on the west side., The 20 experimental subjects were divided into four groups of five and each group received one identical treatment per week for six weeks. They were introduced to and encouraged to talk about art attributes while observing structures, interacting with the experimentor and manipulating and building with blocks. The controls received no treatment but were free to construct with blocks., Relevant art attributes for the medium of blocks were selected from CEMREL. With the help of a professor of art education, 42 were chosen and organized into seven simple conceptual statements. These were grouped into six treatments. To test the concepts two instruments were designed, tested for reliability and administered by the investigator for pre- and posttesting. He scored the concept identification test and three raters who were trained by him scored the implementation. The Fisher t-test, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Chi-square test of independence were used to analyze the data for the three hypotheses., Hypothesis 1 examined the effect the treatment had on children's acquisition of art concepts compared to those who did not have the treatment. The results yielded significance at the .001 level in favor of the treatment. Talking about and using art concepts significantly increased the art concept scores., Hypothesis 2 examined the effects the treatment had on children's block structures compared to those who did not have the treatment. The results yielded significance at the .001 level in favor of the experimental group. Those children identifying art concepts changed their block structures reflecting their use., Hypothesis 3 examined the relationship between the children's ability to identify concepts and implement these in their block structure. The results yielded a moderately high association, .67, between the children's concepts on both tests and a significant association at the .05 level between the subject's ability to identify concepts and to implement them in a block building structure.
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Date Issued: 1981, 1981
Identifier: AAI8125823, 3085006, FSDT3085006, fsu:74504
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Title: WRITING SKILLS IN THE NIGERIAN SCHOOL CERTIFICATE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM.
Creator: ABODERIN, ADEWUYI OYEYEMI., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The study reviewed the importance of English language in Nigeria. As the country's official language, the language of formal education, of politics, of commerce, and of inter-ethnic and international communication, English has become a language required for full participation in Nigerian affairs. This is the reason for the investigator's concern about students' poor performance in English every year on the West African School Certificate Examination (WASCE)., Several possible causes were...
Show moreThe study reviewed the importance of English language in Nigeria. As the country's official language, the language of formal education, of politics, of commerce, and of inter-ethnic and international communication, English has become a language required for full participation in Nigerian affairs. This is the reason for the investigator's concern about students' poor performance in English every year on the West African School Certificate Examination (WASCE)., Several possible causes were examined, but the paucity of qualified teachers of English and absence of good English language textbooks were considered to be the most threatening. Since teacher training normally requires a long time to accomplish, it was resolved that textbooks should provide the immediate remedy by presenting instructional materials in such quantity and of such quality as will ensure students' general competence in English language and success in the WASCE., Consequently, there were two parts to the study. The first part examined the types and amount of composition tasks set in each of the three coursebooks which subdivide into fifteen textbooks. The composition tasks in the fifteen textbooks and WASCE English composition papers from 1969-1979 were compiled by the investigator and handed out to a panel of three independent raters. The raters categorized each composition task according to the working definitions provided by the investigator. Frequency counts were later computed and expressed as percentages for the purpose of comparison., It was found that students were more frequently expected to write in the transactional-report category than in any of the six other categories used in the study. The textbooks' failure to include a fair proportion of composition tasks for each category was regarded as a fault since composition tasks were set in all the categories in the WASCE at one time or another., The second part of the study assessed the quality of instruction in each coursebook and the accompanying Teachers' Notes. Two of the three coursebooks were found to be average while the third was rated inferior. It was concluded that a coursebook would be satisfactory in the Nigerian situation examined in the study only if it provided superior quality instruction.
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Date Issued: 1980, 1980
Identifier: AAI8104855, 3084765, FSDT3084765, fsu:74266
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Title: THE WORKS OF HANOCH LEVIN, 1969-1976.
Creator: WEITZ, SHOSHANA., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This research presents an analysis of major dramatic works by the contemporary Israeli playwright Hanoch Levin. Between 1969 and 1976 Levin wrote ten full-length plays and directed five of them. Throughout this period of dramatic work Levin developed a unique dramatic style. This study follows Levin's progressive development in themes and structure during this period, through 1976 when the research on the dissertation began. Although he worked in a parallel manner with musical and non-musical...
Show moreThis research presents an analysis of major dramatic works by the contemporary Israeli playwright Hanoch Levin. Between 1969 and 1976 Levin wrote ten full-length plays and directed five of them. Throughout this period of dramatic work Levin developed a unique dramatic style. This study follows Levin's progressive development in themes and structure during this period, through 1976 when the research on the dissertation began. Although he worked in a parallel manner with musical and non-musical plays, his works developed differently in each of these forms. His development in each form is described and analyzed in this study., Since there are similarities between Levin's works and those of the Theatre of the Absurd and the Theatre of Bertolt Brecht, these similarities are explored, as are the specific ways in which Levin has mixed Epic motifs with motifs of the Theatre of the Absurd., Levin's work is universal in nature. Nevertheless, he is rooted in Israeli culture and society and has succeeded in fusing the national with universal in his plays. This study attempts to demonstrate Levin's contributions to both Israeli drama and western theatre.
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Date Issued: 1981, 1981
Identifier: AAI8125862, 3085037, FSDT3085037, fsu:74535
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Title: THE WORKING DYNAMICS OF THE RIDICULOUS THEATRICAL COMPANY: AN ANALYSIS OF CHARLES LUDLAM'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS ENSEMBLE FROM 1967 THROUGH 1981 (NEW YORK).
Creator: WHARTON, ROBERT THOMAS, III., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: In the late 1960s in New York, many actors became disillusioned with the commercial theatre practice of "jobbing in," i.e., of hiring performers for only one production. A number of these actors began experimenting with different types of performing groups or ensembles. These ensembles often reflected the culture of that period--disillusionment with mainstream middle-class values, involvement with drugs, opposition to the Viet Nam war. They attracted experimenters in professional theatre and...
Show moreIn the late 1960s in New York, many actors became disillusioned with the commercial theatre practice of "jobbing in," i.e., of hiring performers for only one production. A number of these actors began experimenting with different types of performing groups or ensembles. These ensembles often reflected the culture of that period--disillusionment with mainstream middle-class values, involvement with drugs, opposition to the Viet Nam war. They attracted experimenters in professional theatre and a mixed group of performers with a wide spectrum of theatre training and experience. Some performers had none at all, and some a great deal. People from varied socioeconomic backgrounds and different races were drawn together, working for a single social, artistic purpose. Because the group members represented such a variety of performing types, the ensemble leader often became the main teacher. The group frequently met other needs, as a family would, by providing for its members a social, political, emotional, and spiritual structure., One such ensemble was The Ridiculous Theatrical Company (TRTC), whose leader was Charles Ludlam. This ensemble was unique among the companies of that period in that it maintained a continuing group of the same five actors over a thirteen-year span. This study was an examination of the dynamics of that ensemble and the interrelations of the five long-term members under Ludlam's leadership during the period from 1967 to 1981., Data for this study were drawn from articles written about the Company, extensive interviews conducted between 1979 and 1982 with the five long-term members, and participant observation by the researcher. The study is presented largely in the members' own words, allowing the story to speak for itself. It traces the Company's existence--philosophically, chronologically, and topically--from its inception to the final disillusionment and departure of two of the original members in 1980.
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Date Issued: 1985, 1985
Identifier: AAI8605798, 3086265, FSDT3086265, fsu:75748
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Title: WORK-RELATED STRESS OF STATE CRIMINAL TRIAL COURT JUDGES.
Creator: MEMORY, JOHN MADISON., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This is an exploratory survey study of the determination of work-related stress of state criminal trial court judges. A multi-disciplinary review of research and theory concerning work-related stress, especially for professionals, and concerning the trial judicial role was the basis for the statement of hypotheses concerning forty-six variables predicted to operate as stressor, stress moderator, or determinant of vulnerability to being stressed., A questionnaire, utilizing generally one-item...
Show moreThis is an exploratory survey study of the determination of work-related stress of state criminal trial court judges. A multi-disciplinary review of research and theory concerning work-related stress, especially for professionals, and concerning the trial judicial role was the basis for the statement of hypotheses concerning forty-six variables predicted to operate as stressor, stress moderator, or determinant of vulnerability to being stressed., A questionnaire, utilizing generally one-item measurement of variables, was developed through a four-stage draft-pretest process. Two single-item subjective ratings of work-related stress and a modified fourteen-item scale indicating physiological symptoms of stress were the dependent variable measures., Questionnaires, with letters of endorsement by the major United States judge-training institution and a senior trial judge, were mailed to a random sample of 500 state criminal trial court judges above the traffic court level. An adjusted response rate of 40% was achieved., After tests using oneway analysis of variance and stepwise multiple regression for hypothesized nonlinearity of relationship, hierarchical-entry, theory-determined group stepwise multiple regression was conducted with the three different measures of stress as dependent variables. The same procedure was conducted using a combination of all usable sample responses and 96 usable responses by students attending courses at the National Judicial College., Conclusions regarding outcome of hypothesis tests were based primarily on semi-partial correlation coefficients obtained from the hierarchical entry multiple regression and secondarily on zero-order correlations, oneway analysis of variance results, and listings by respondents of stressful factors concerning the role and function relating to criminal cases and reasons for preferring other work., Conclusions are stated concerning the apparent extent to which state criminal trial court judges experience work-related stress and concerning the relative importance of specific variables and types of variables. Possible implications of findings for judges' health, court organization, judicial decisionmaking, and future research are discussed. The broad, exploratory design and resulting limitations regarding generalization is emphasized.
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Date Issued: 1981, 1981
Identifier: AAI8205732, 3085156, FSDT3085156, fsu:74651
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Title: WORK GROUP COHESION AND JOB STRESS AMONG POLICE OFFICERS (FLORIDA).
Creator: DAVIS, GOLIATH JOHN, III., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Utilizing the field theory/group dynamics approach from social psychology, a cross-sectional correlational analysis of the relationship between police perceptions of the cohesiveness of their work groups and indices of stress frequency and intensity was conducted with a sample of 289 police officers from the St. Petersburg, Florida Police Department. Respondents ranged in age from 19 to 54 years with a mean age of 32.75 years. The mean educational level was 13.6 years and the mean length of...
Show moreUtilizing the field theory/group dynamics approach from social psychology, a cross-sectional correlational analysis of the relationship between police perceptions of the cohesiveness of their work groups and indices of stress frequency and intensity was conducted with a sample of 289 police officers from the St. Petersburg, Florida Police Department. Respondents ranged in age from 19 to 54 years with a mean age of 32.75 years. The mean educational level was 13.6 years and the mean length of service was 8.76 years. Approximately eighty-five percent (84.8%) of the respondents were white and the remaining 15.2% were black, hispanic, or oriental. Two hundred sixty-five (91.7%) of the officers were male and 24 (8.3%) were female., Five substantive hypotheses were tested to assess the impact of job specialization, shift assignment, length of service, and area worked on group cohesion; and whether or not cohesive group membership intensified or reduced the strain effects of job stress., The Likert scaling technique was utilized to construct indices of cohesiveness and stress (frequency and intensity). The data was analyzed at the five percent significance level utilizing Pearson's product moment correlational technique., The study failed to support the proposition that cohesion among St. Petersburg Police Officers varies with job specialization; however, cohesion was observed to vary with shift assignment, area worked, and length of service when the combined effects of age and specialization, age and area worked, and age and race were controlled. Limited support was also found for the proposition that both the intensity and the frequency of job stress decrease as the cohesiveness of work groups increase., The significance of the study lies in its practical and research implications. On a practical level, the study alerts police administrators to the potential benefit of reduced stress and anxiety resulting from cohesive group behavior among police officers. From a research perspective, the study provides an opportunity for retrospective evaluation of the utility and effectiveness of the field theory/group dynamics approach to the study of police behavior; and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Likert scaling technique for operationalizing and measuring police stress and cohesion.
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Date Issued: 1984, 1984
Identifier: AAI8416698, 3085840, FSDT3085840, fsu:75327
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Title: WOMEN'S INCOME GENERATION AND INFORMAL LEARNING IN LESOTHO: A POLICY-RELATED ETHNOGRAPHY.
Creator: COBBE, LOUISE BARRETT., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study presents a policy-related ethnography of women's income generation in Lesotho. The study begins with the proposition that current Women in Development (WID) policy has been shaped, at the international and local level, by over-generalized and, therefore, decontextualized concepts derived from recent WID literature. While a number of these WID concepts, i.e. women's "marginalization," may be generally valid, they tend to narrow our understanding and predefine our interpretation of...
Show moreThis study presents a policy-related ethnography of women's income generation in Lesotho. The study begins with the proposition that current Women in Development (WID) policy has been shaped, at the international and local level, by over-generalized and, therefore, decontextualized concepts derived from recent WID literature. While a number of these WID concepts, i.e. women's "marginalization," may be generally valid, they tend to narrow our understanding and predefine our interpretation of women's development needs in specific situations. As a result, a "standardized" approach to WID programming has emerged. The study addresses the need to "break-away" from the standardized concepts underlying conventional WID policy in order to learn about how the proposed beneficiaries of WID policy, the women themselves, interpret and respond to the needs and conditions to their particular environment., Ethnographic principles and procedures are employed to discover and develop indigenously derived analytical constructs. These constructs are applied to the study's depiction and analysis of the income generation enterprises of Basotho women in a number of villages in the Maseru District of Lesotho. A case study of the development of the enterprises of the study's key informant is presented., The Domestic Developmental Cycle is presented as a culturally-grounded context for understanding women's income generation as a strategic response to immediate and long-term needs and wants. An ethnographic analysis of these needs and wants is provided. A grounded typology of work is developed and applied in this analysis. The study also identifies and describes the People of Business Network, an informal learning and resource system which supports the learning and development of women involved in business in a number of ways., The implications of these findings for non-formal education programming in Lesotho are discussed. The study also examines the potential of this ethnographic approach to policy research as a planning and needs assessment strategy to inform educational policy in other settings.
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Date Issued: 1985, 1985
Identifier: AAI8513364, 3086049, FSDT3086049, fsu:75535
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Title: WOMEN'S CAREER ASPIRATIONS: A NATIONAL SURVEY OF TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL ASPIRATIONS OF COLLEGE FRESHMEN.
Creator: SULLIVAN, JOAN MARGARET., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this research was to investigate college women's career aspirations and to determine if there are differences between women who aspire to non-traditional and traditional careers. Conflict Theory and Symbolic Interactionism provided the theoretical framework for this analysis., The subjects were a national probability sample of 3,879 female college freshmen who responded to a 1978 survey by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program. The respondents were asked to select...
Show moreThe purpose of this research was to investigate college women's career aspirations and to determine if there are differences between women who aspire to non-traditional and traditional careers. Conflict Theory and Symbolic Interactionism provided the theoretical framework for this analysis., The subjects were a national probability sample of 3,879 female college freshmen who responded to a 1978 survey by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program. The respondents were asked to select their probable careers from a list of 42 occupations. The career aspirations of the women were ranked into ten categories of traditionality; these rankings were based on the distribution of the women's career choices compared to the choices of 4,010 male college freshmen who responded to the survey., Eleven hypotheses were tested; all were supported. The data indicated that the more non-traditional a woman's career aspirations: (1) the younger her age, (2) the more educated her mother, (3) the more educated her father, (4) the greater her parents' income, (5) the more non-traditional her mother's occupation, (6) the more liberal her social attitudes, (7) the less frequent her church attendance, (8) the less importance she attaches to raising a family, (9) the less immediate her plans for marriage, (10) the higher her high school grades, and (11) the higher her academic degree intentions. The eleven variables also significantly discriminated the third of the women with the most non-traditional career aspirations from the third of the sample with the most traditional aspirations. The results indicated that variables related to the women's achievement were better predictors of career aspirations than family background variables., Path analysis using four of the eleven independent variables revealed minimal indirect effects; it also demonstrated that traditionality of mother's occupation could be removed from the model without any appreciable loss in predictive power., The findings indicated that women are aspiring to more non-traditional careers; however, there is still considerable sex-typing in career aspirations. It was concluded that structural changes in society need to be made in order to enhance opportunities for women.
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Date Issued: 1981, 1981
Identifier: AAI8208750, 3085199, FSDT3085199, fsu:74694
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Title: WOMEN IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION: AN ANALYTICAL SYNTHESIS AND SUMMING UP OF WHAT WE KNOW AND DON'T KNOW.
Creator: MOTAREF, SARA., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: According to the U.S. Department of Labor, only 34% of the nation's administrators are women. The reasons for this underrepresentation, particularly in educational administration, is unknown. The main purpose of this study was to identify the factors that had been researched from the Civil Rights movement (1955) to the present (1985) concerning women in educational administration in kindergarten through twelfth grade settings. A sample of 171 research studies (published and unpublished) was...
Show moreAccording to the U.S. Department of Labor, only 34% of the nation's administrators are women. The reasons for this underrepresentation, particularly in educational administration, is unknown. The main purpose of this study was to identify the factors that had been researched from the Civil Rights movement (1955) to the present (1985) concerning women in educational administration in kindergarten through twelfth grade settings. A sample of 171 research studies (published and unpublished) was used for content analysis., The methodology used to integrate the body of the literature was the meta-analytic approach introduced by Glass and updated by Hedges and Olkin (1985), listing factors, and averaging statistics. To categorize the studies, six categories introduced by Shakeshaft (1979) were adopted: behavior, structural determinants of organization, attitudes, barriers, profile, and status., Overall, the majority of the studies were conducted in the eastern part of the United States; most of the researchers were female. Most studies used a survey design, questionnaires, and univariate statistics. The quality of the resarch was mediocre; the only variables to have consistent relationships with the quality of research were type of research and sex of the researcher., The findings of the study are inconclusive; the question of why women are underrepresented in educational administration remains unanswered. Although this body of literature about women in educational administration introduced much information that was not known before, there are many aspects of the research that need improvement. More appropriate theoretical frameworks should be used, such as symbolic interaction, Marxism, ethno-Marxism, and radical humanism. The methodology of research should include more observational techniques to obtain first-hand information (ethnography).
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Date Issued: 1987, 1987
Identifier: AAI8721852, 3086645, FSDT3086645, fsu:76120
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Title: WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART'S "GRAND MASS IN C MINOR K. 427/417A": A HISTORY AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF PERFORMANCE EDITIONS.
Creator: CRABB, RICHARD PAUL., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the history of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Grand Mass in C Minor K. 427/417a and to compare performance editions of this work., The first chapter outlines the procedure and reason for the study. Unavailability of the manuscript for study between World War II and the late 1970s contributed to limited recent research of the Mass, K. 427. Since the "finding" of the manuscript it has been housed in East Berlin's Deutsche Staatsbibliothek. However,...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to investigate the history of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Grand Mass in C Minor K. 427/417a and to compare performance editions of this work., The first chapter outlines the procedure and reason for the study. Unavailability of the manuscript for study between World War II and the late 1970s contributed to limited recent research of the Mass, K. 427. Since the "finding" of the manuscript it has been housed in East Berlin's Deutsche Staatsbibliothek. However, expense of travel to East Berlin has prohibited further research by some scholars. A facsimile of the autograph was made available to the public in 1982., Historical background and circumstances surrounding the Grand Mass in C Minor compromise the content of the second chapter. Topics for discussion include Mozart's reasons for writing the Mass, stylistic influences, and conjectures about the work's incompletion. In addition, the relation of the Mass and Davidde penitente is explained., In the third chapter H. C. Robbins Landon's edition of the Mass--the most recent performance edition-- is analyzed. The first part of the chapter includes descriptions of formal structures. The second part of the chapter analyzes the Mass using the method of analysis developed by Julius Herford., Landon's edition of the Mass is compared with the edition by Alois Schmitt in the fourth chapter. Differences and similarities between the two editions are identified. Further, both of these editions are compared with primary resources--a facsimile of the manuscript, reproductions of original sketches and fragments, and a handwritten copy of the organ and trombone parts of the Mass (which include corrections in Mozart's hand). Through comparisions it was determined that Landon's edition is in closer agreement with Mozart's manuscript than is Schmitt's edition., The author of the present study hopes the data compiled will promote a scholarly approach to future performances of Grand Mass in C Minor K. 427/417a. Although Landon's edition (1956) of the Mass is an improvement over Schmitt's edition (1901), the former editor did not have the manuscript available for study. Recent research and publication of the facsimile indicate a need for a new performance edition.
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Date Issued: 1984, 1984
Identifier: AAI8419211, 3085848, FSDT3085848, fsu:75335
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Title: WIND-DRIVEN VARIABILITY OF THE TROPICAL PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC OCEANS.
Creator: BUSALACCHI, ANTONIO JAMES, JR., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Models incorporating a single baroclinic mode and realistic coastline geometry are used to analyze the linear, dynamic response to estimates of the interannual wind field over the tropical Pacific and the seasonally varying winds of the tropical Atlantic. The interannual variability of the tropical Pacific is studied for the period January, 1961 to December, 1978. Model pycnocline variations at several locations are similar to the observed sea level fluctuations. El Nino events are depicted...
Show moreModels incorporating a single baroclinic mode and realistic coastline geometry are used to analyze the linear, dynamic response to estimates of the interannual wind field over the tropical Pacific and the seasonally varying winds of the tropical Atlantic. The interannual variability of the tropical Pacific is studied for the period January, 1961 to December, 1978. Model pycnocline variations at several locations are similar to the observed sea level fluctuations. El Nino events are depicted as periods when the pycnocline is persistently deep along the eastern boundary. Remotely forced equatorial Kelvin waves are responsible for this response. The character of each simulated El Nisno is strongly dependent on the relation between zonal wind stress changes in the western an central equatorial Pacific. A rapid shoaling of the pycnocline in the western tropical Pacific during each El Nino is caused by westward-propagating Rossby waves. Interannual pycnocline displacements in the central equatorial Pacific are determined by the superposition of Kelvin waves excited to the west and first-mode Rossby waves generated to the east., The forced periodic response to the seasonal wind field of the tropical Atlantic is a spatially dependent combination of a locally forced response, Kelvin waves, Rossby waves, and multiple wave reflections. The seasonal displacements of the model pycnocline are compared with observed dynamic height. Annual and semiannual fluctuations dominate the seasonal signal throughout the basin. In general, the distribution of amplitude and phase are similar for annual changes in dynamic height and pycnocline depth. Major features of the seasonal response are reproduced, e.g. an east-west tilting of the equatorial pycnocline about a pivot point, the seasonal pycnocline movement along the northern and southern coast of the Guinea Gulf, and a significant change of phase in the ocean variability north and south of the ITCZ. The relative importance between local and remote forcing is determined for several parts of the basin. The wind-driven annual signal in the Gulf of Guinea is due to zonal wind stress fluctuations west of the gulf. The seasonal response in the western equatorial and northernmost parts of the basin are primarily local.
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Date Issued: 1982, 1982
Identifier: AAI8306155, 3085467, FSDT3085467, fsu:74959
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Title: WIND INSTRUMENTALISTS' INTONATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED MUSICAL INTERVALS.
Creator: DUKE, ROBERT ALAN., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of performed ascending versus descending direction on the intonation of melodic and harmonic musical intervals, compared to equal temperament, in relationship to total intonation deviation and with regard to sharpness versus flatness. Additional aspects of the study investigated the differences among experience levels of subjects, the effects of performing while listening through headphones, and the effects of an a priori verbal inducement...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to examine the effect of performed ascending versus descending direction on the intonation of melodic and harmonic musical intervals, compared to equal temperament, in relationship to total intonation deviation and with regard to sharpness versus flatness. Additional aspects of the study investigated the differences among experience levels of subjects, the effects of performing while listening through headphones, and the effects of an a priori verbal inducement concerning intonation., Forty-eight musicians enrolled in programs associated with The Florida State University were randomly selected as subjects. Sixteen subjects from each of three groups (junior high school, senior high school, and college undergraduate) were assigned to one of four experimental conditions in a split-plot design. Subjects performed four diatonic intervals (major third, perfect fourth, perfect fifth, and major sixth) both melodically and harmonically. Melodic intervals were performed in both ascending and descending directions. Harmonic intervals were created by subjects performing along with a recording of their previous performance of the same interval but in contrary motion. Subjects received differential verbal inducement following initial performances, after which the initial intervals were repeated. During the second set of trials, half of the subjects performed while listening through headphones., Results indicated that there were no significant differences in overall intonation accuracy in relationship to performed ascending and descending directions. Also, there were no significant differences among intervals with regard to overall deviation. In relationship to sharpness versus flatness, there were significant, if musically inconsequential, differences: when subjects descended, intervals were performed slightly sharper; when subjects ascended, intervals were played slightly flatter; also, junior high school subjects performed slightly sharper, compared to college subjects. Neither the a priori verbal inducement nor the headphone feedback condition produced significant differences.
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Date Issued: 1983, 1983
Identifier: AAI8325673, 3085647, FSDT3085647, fsu:75139
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Title: WILLIAM STYRON'S "SOPHIE'S CHOICE": A STUDY.
Creator: CHINN, NANCY LOUISE., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: William Styron's most recent novel, Sophie's Choice published in 1979, provides a unique addition to the literature of the Holocaust. The story of Sophie Zawistowska, a Polish Catholic who spent twenty months at Auschwitz, is the novel's core. Just as important, however, is the story of Stingo, the young Southern writer who is working on his first novel during the time that Sophie gradually reveals her story to him. Stingo's encounter with the historical tragedy of the twentieth century is...
Show moreWilliam Styron's most recent novel, Sophie's Choice published in 1979, provides a unique addition to the literature of the Holocaust. The story of Sophie Zawistowska, a Polish Catholic who spent twenty months at Auschwitz, is the novel's core. Just as important, however, is the story of Stingo, the young Southern writer who is working on his first novel during the time that Sophie gradually reveals her story to him. Stingo's encounter with the historical tragedy of the twentieth century is crucial to his coming of age., As Stingo moves from innocence to experience in the New York of 1947, he evaluates the art of the novel, describes the writing process, and surrounds Sophie's story with the names of more than 150 authors and titles as well as numerous literary allusions. Most of the authors are only named, but among the few who receive more attention are the three Southerners: Faulkner, Wolfe, and Warren. It is important that Stingo is a Southerner influenced not only by his Southern literary heritage but also by the South's historical tragedy, slavery., Sophie's Choice contains twelve passages quoted from literature. In addition to the Psalms of David, John's Revelation, and the French writers Malraux and Rainer Maria Rilke, the authors quoted include the Americans Emily Dickinson, Hart Crane, and Thomas Wolfe as well as the Britains Sir Thomas Browne, Matthew Arnold, and William Butler Yeats. Throughout the narrative, Styron has carefully chosen words of other writers to intertwine Stingo's movement from innocence to experience with Sophie's headlong journey toward death., The use of music in Sophie's Choice also underscores the fusion of the two stories. More than four hundred allusions to music occur in the novel. While music is used most often to develop the character of Sophie, Stingo also reveals more about himself through his response to music. Through music Stingo expresses the range and depth of emotions he experiences as he writes his first novel and confronts the evil of Auschwitz., Four appendices contain all literary allusions; references to Faulkner, Wolfe, and Warren; references to Stingo's development as a writer; and all musical allusions.
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Date Issued: 1982, 1982
Identifier: AAI8218633, 3085286, FSDT3085286, fsu:74781
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Title: WILLIAM LEVI DAWSON: AMERICAN MUSIC EDUCATOR.
Creator: MALONE, MARK HUGH., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of the study was to investigate the contributions made by William Levi Dawson to music education in America and to American music through the preservation of Negro folk songs., William Dawson's life and work exemplify a thirst for knowledge, a desire for professional competence in numerous areas, an ability to organize and capably administer a school of music at the college level, a willingness to mold young minds in educational endeavors, as well as the symbolic preservation of...
Show moreThe purpose of the study was to investigate the contributions made by William Levi Dawson to music education in America and to American music through the preservation of Negro folk songs., William Dawson's life and work exemplify a thirst for knowledge, a desire for professional competence in numerous areas, an ability to organize and capably administer a school of music at the college level, a willingness to mold young minds in educational endeavors, as well as the symbolic preservation of Afro-American music through composition and arrangement., At age thirteen, he ran away from home to attend Tuskegee Institute. After graduation from Tuskegee he organized the first band at Kansas Vocational College in Topeka, then served as music director at Lincoln High in Kansas City. While in Kansas City he studied at the Horner Institute of Fine Arts and was graduated with a Bachelor's degree in composition. Following this accomplishment, he studied with composer Adolph Weidig at the American Conservatory in Chicago. He received a Master's degree in composition from the institute in 1927. In the Fall of 1930, he accepted the task of organizing the School of Music at Tuskegee Institute., Beginning his work in 1931, Dawson structured that school's first baccalaureate degree programs in music. He taught composition, conducting, and directed the Tuskegee Institute Choir. Under his brilliant and inspiring direction, the Tuskegee Choir rose to national fame., William Dawson's compositional skills enabled him to write a symphony based on themes found in Black music. This major symphonic work and his many arrangements of Negro folk songs made his an important name in Afro-American music., Since his resignation from Tuskegee in 1955, William Dawson has accepted numerous guest conducting invitations, lecture engagements, and workshop leadership assignments. Through these appearances he teaches and influences a wide audience of music educators., Retirement has not slowed Dawson's pace. He continues to compose at his home in Tuskegee, Alabama. This sensitive man is an outstanding scholar, a skilled pedagogue, an able administrator, a talented conductor, a gifted composer, and an exceptional lecturer. William Dawson is an outstanding American music educator.
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Date Issued: 1981, 1981
Identifier: AAI8209928, 3085204, FSDT3085204, fsu:74699
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Title: WILLIAM H. ENGLISH AND THE POLITICS OF SELF-DECEPTION, 1845-1861. (VOLUMES I AND II) (INDIANA).
Creator: SCHIMMEL, ELLIOTT LAWRENCE., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: William H. English was a prominent Democratic politician who represented eight southern Indiana counties in the United States Congress from 1853 to 1861. Raised in a strong Jacksonian environment, Mr. English early exhibited a marked attachment both to the Democratic party and to the glory of the Union. First politically employed at fifteen years old, he held an array of important official positions on both the state and federal level until his election to Congress at the age of twenty-nine....
Show moreWilliam H. English was a prominent Democratic politician who represented eight southern Indiana counties in the United States Congress from 1853 to 1861. Raised in a strong Jacksonian environment, Mr. English early exhibited a marked attachment both to the Democratic party and to the glory of the Union. First politically employed at fifteen years old, he held an array of important official positions on both the state and federal level until his election to Congress at the age of twenty-nine. As a congressman, he took part every step of the way in the great debate on the issue of slavery in the territories. Throughout that debate he gamely tried to hold together the party of his patrimony, believing always that this would ensure the prosperous progress of the republic. His most famous moment came during the Lecompton controversy. It was then that he reputedly authored the bill bearing his name, winning him so much notoriety that his image appeared on the cover of Harper's Weekly. An early and strong supporter of Stephen Douglas's conception of popular sovereignty, Mr. English nevertheless eventually realized that the southern Democrats would never consent to its majoritarian core. Consequently, by 1860 he was reduced to trying to unite the party around its pronounced racism. But even that proved unsuccessful., This work is not only concerned with the slavery issue. Also discussed in detail are Mr. English's four campaigns for the House of Representatives, his tenure as chairman of the House's Post Office Committee, and his position within the Indiana Democratic party. Moreover, the socio-economic background of Mr. English's district is analyzed, as is also his repeated attempts to enhance his constituents' economic prospects. These topics are based principally on primary sources--including Mr. English's private correspondence, his public pronouncements, debates in the Congressional Globe, and various newspaper accounts. The whole picture is of a congressman desperately seeking to solve the slavery question so that the country could return to its destined pursuit of material exploitation.
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Date Issued: 1986, 1986
Identifier: AAI8708216, 3086524, FSDT3086524, fsu:76000
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Title: WIFE ABUSE: FACTORS PREDICTIVE OF THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS OF BATTERED WOMEN.
Creator: JOHNSON, IDA MAE., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: During the past ten years, the literature in the area of wife abuse has proliferated. However, a substantial portion of the current marital violence literature is either popular of theoretical in nature. As such, the existing literature on wife abuse fails to reflect the empirical data needed to support theoretical explanations of the phenomenon. This study attempts to partially fill this gap by providing empirical data on the victim's decision-making process., The current state of the...
Show moreDuring the past ten years, the literature in the area of wife abuse has proliferated. However, a substantial portion of the current marital violence literature is either popular of theoretical in nature. As such, the existing literature on wife abuse fails to reflect the empirical data needed to support theoretical explanations of the phenomenon. This study attempts to partially fill this gap by providing empirical data on the victim's decision-making process., The current state of the marital violence literature reveals that many battered women remain in or return to their abusive partners in spite of the frequency and severity of the abuse. The immediate question is why do battered women remain in or return to the abusive relationship. This study attempts to answer this question by an analysis of economic and psychological factors. The study addresses the research question of what specific factors are predictive of the immediate decision-making process of battered women within a shelter., Exchange theory and learned helplessness theory were the guiding theoretical frameworks for the empirical factors of economic dependence and psychological dependence respectively. The empirical analysis bearing on these research questions is based on secondary data collected from the Religious Community Services Spouse Abuse Shelter of Clearwater, Florida. The study group consisted of 426 battered women who were processed through the shelter from January, 1983 to March, 1986., Using stepwise multiple regression, the findings indicate that the decision of battered women to return to their abusive partners is influenced by both economic and psychological factors. The implications of the major empirical results for exchange theory, learned helplessness theory, and the development of research and practical strategies designed to reduce both the difficulties confronted by researchers conducting studies in this area and by battered women who attempt to extricate themselves from abusive partners are discussed.
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Date Issued: 1987, 1987
Identifier: AAI8803369, 3086721, FSDT3086721, fsu:76196
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Title: THE WIDOW/BUREAUCRATIC LINKAGE DURING THE TRANSITION TO WIDOWHOOD: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY.
Creator: FARRA, ROBERT ROSS., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of the study was to investigate widow satisfaction/dissatisfaction with key organizational linkages following the death of a spouse, to identify problems widows encounter in dealing with organizations, and to identify those persons to whom widows turn when they experience unsatisfactory organizational linkages., The sample consisted of seventy women, widowed between twelve and twenty-four months. Subjects were selected randomly from obituary notices and were first contacted by...
Show moreThe purpose of the study was to investigate widow satisfaction/dissatisfaction with key organizational linkages following the death of a spouse, to identify problems widows encounter in dealing with organizations, and to identify those persons to whom widows turn when they experience unsatisfactory organizational linkages., The sample consisted of seventy women, widowed between twelve and twenty-four months. Subjects were selected randomly from obituary notices and were first contacted by letter and then by telephone. Information was collected during telephone interviews using the Information Inventory and Linkage Satisfaction Schedule, two instruments designed by the investigator., Widows indicated greatest satisfaction in their dealings with banks and mortuaries. Widows experienced greatest dissatisfaction in their dealings with physicians and hospital personnel. Widows often complained about the cost of services. However, the majority paid their bills in full without stating their dissatisfactions with the cost of services., Three hypotheses, related to variables which may have accounted for differential ratings of satisfaction, were tested. Significantly higher global linkage satisfaction scores were observed among widows who jointly managed household finances during their marriages, widows who worked in occupations outside of the home, and widows who had relatives living in close proximity to their residences. A tendency among all widows to provide high global ratings was observed. This was consistent even in those cases in which widows expressed specific dissatisfactions and problems with service-providers., Widows experienced the greatest number of problems in their dealings with hospitals and insurance companies. It was speculated that the larger bureaucracies may have overwhelmed the widow, thus impeding the problem-solving process., Though widows experienced a large number of problems with service-providers, in over half of the cases, they did not discuss linkage problems with anyone.
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Date Issued: 1982, 1982
Identifier: AAI8214924, 3085240, FSDT3085240, fsu:74735
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: WEST EUROPEAN PUBLIC OPINION ON SECURITY: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS.
Creator: BROWN, ROBERT M., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: What core sources shape West European public opinion on security? The answer to this question is particularly salient both because European security preferences appear to be in flux, and because public preferences for security arrangements substantially influence the future of the Atlantic alliance. This dissertation empirically explored the security opinion formation process within the British, French and West German populations., Basic theory assumed two sources of security opinion. First,...
Show moreWhat core sources shape West European public opinion on security? The answer to this question is particularly salient both because European security preferences appear to be in flux, and because public preferences for security arrangements substantially influence the future of the Atlantic alliance. This dissertation empirically explored the security opinion formation process within the British, French and West German populations., Basic theory assumed two sources of security opinion. First, the actions and official statements of political elites furnish strong but transient influence in forming public attitudes, which, in turn, are a basis for opinions. Second, attributes predispose individuals to adopt attitudes, and thus opinions. The influence of attributes is less forceful than are elite cues, but attributes give some stability to opinion--attributes being immutable or slow to change., The analysis of the influence of attributes and attitudes on opinion was based on results of 1976-1982 public opinion surveys. The dissertation tested the relationships between seven attributes--age cohort, education, cognitive mobilization, partisanship, ideology, values and class--with four attitudes--transnational regional trust, trust in the superpowers, threat perception and preference for the current Atlantic alliance, an independent European force or independent national security forces was tested. The findings of bivariate and multivariate analysis were related to elite cues and to scholarly theory addressing public formation of opinion on foreign policy., The findings both supported the assumptions on the opinion forming roles of attributes and elite cues and addressed related issues of current interest. The probable security predisposition of the contemporary West European "successor generation," an altered role for Europeans holding post-material values, and the functional--as opposed to geographic--nature of the supranationalist attitude were among major topics addressed. The dissertation ended with a prediction on mid-term stability and change in the role and functioning of the Atlantic alliance.
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Date Issued: 1985, 1985
Identifier: AAI8528697, 3086184, FSDT3086184, fsu:75667
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Title: WELFARE AND CHANGE: A TIME SERIES ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
Creator: DINITTO, DIANA MARIA., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study examines change in welfare using time series analysis in five major United States public assistance programs: Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Supplemental Security Income, State General Assistance, Medicaid and Food Stamps. Two types of change-producting interventions are considered. One type of intervention is a major legislative event in the history of the program. The other type of intervention is the "welfare rights movement" of the 1960s. The analysis identifies...
Show moreThis study examines change in welfare using time series analysis in five major United States public assistance programs: Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Supplemental Security Income, State General Assistance, Medicaid and Food Stamps. Two types of change-producting interventions are considered. One type of intervention is a major legislative event in the history of the program. The other type of intervention is the "welfare rights movement" of the 1960s. The analysis identifies points of major change in total constant dollar payments, average constant dollar payments per recipient, and numbers of recipients. Findings are analyzed for each program and compared across programs. Cross-program comparisons take into account differences in intervention effects based on program age, clientele, administrative structure, and type of transfer (cash or inkind)., Findings suggest that in only limited cases have legislative changes in public assistance programs produced intended results. Legislation aimed at increasing welfare spending and number of recipients has been much more successful in accomplishing its goals than legislation aimed at curbing spending and recipient growth. For example legislation federalizing the adult public assistance programs in 1973 in order to raise payment levels and include new recipients was generally effective. However, legislative amendments to the Social Security Act in 1962 and 1967 intended to reduce the number of welfare families with dependent children were unsuccessful in limiting growth. Encouraging welfare growth through legislative change is far more effective than limiting growth., The welfare rights movement was not a consistent predictor of dramatic increases in welfare spending and recipient levels. In the cash assistance programs, Aid to Families with Dependent Children and General Assistance, continual, steady increases in total constant dollar payments and numbers of recipients occurred, not explosive growth. Average constant dollar payments did not increase in either program. In the Supplemental Security Income program there was growth in the portion of the program for the disabled but not for the elderly or blind. Of all the welfare programs, most growth occurred in the inkind programs, Medicaid and Food Stamps. These inkind programs were the real welfare-expanding programs of 1960s. These findings suggest that the major effect of the welfare rights movement was not to increase cash benefit programs, but to stimulate new services for the poor. While the movement was unsuccessful in boosting cash benefits for recipients, legislators were spurred to do something about welfare, even if this meant reintroducing the more paternalistic inkind welfare programs of the early- and middle-twentieth century.
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Date Issued: 1980, 1980
Identifier: AAI8101961, 3084721, FSDT3084721, fsu:74222
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Title: A WAVEFORM ANALYSIS OF BASSOON REED PROFILES.
Creator: CARLAND, JUNE ADELIA., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Many aspects of reed making have been studied, but the results in some cases have been only subjectively stated and not derived using modern scientific procedures; this applies particularly to the profiles of bassoon reeds. This treatise analyzed quantitatively the effect of three different bassoon reed profiles on the pitch of selected notes, using statistical methods., Twelve reeds (four of each profile type were sufficient for statistical purposes) were made as identically as possible, the...
Show moreMany aspects of reed making have been studied, but the results in some cases have been only subjectively stated and not derived using modern scientific procedures; this applies particularly to the profiles of bassoon reeds. This treatise analyzed quantitatively the effect of three different bassoon reed profiles on the pitch of selected notes, using statistical methods., Twelve reeds (four of each profile type were sufficient for statistical purposes) were made as identically as possible, the only variations being those among the three profiles. The sounds of the reeds on the selected notes were recorded and then harmonically analyzed using a DATA 6000 Waveform Analyzer. The resulting graphs of the reeds' overtone series were printed and the frequencies of the notes recorded. Comparisons of mean pitch, based on different reed profiles, were made using two-sample t-tests at a 90% confidence level., In addition, 90% confidence intervals of the true mean frequency for each profile type, on the notes tested, were calculated, and generalizations about the harmonic spectra made., The fundamental assumption was that if reeds are made similarly, with only one characteristic varied, any resulting pitch differences would then be attributable to that characteristic. However, the profiles tested were themselves very similar, and their respective pitch differences minimal. In fact, no significant differences in pitch could be proven, although one type appeared more stable with regard to pitch, and another had fewer partials present in certain notes. Although other, more subjective, differences did exist, such as in tone quality and dynamic control, these factors were not analyzed., It was evident that similarly made reeds perform similarly with regard to pitch. With further study of reed making, it may be possible to determine sets of measurements that yield predictable characteristics in reeds, to the end that the uncertainty inherent in reed making may be greatly reduced.
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Date Issued: 1987, 1987
Identifier: AAI8723131, 3086654, FSDT3086654, fsu:76129
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Title: THE WALDORF SCHOOLS: AN EXPLORATION OF AN ENDURING ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL MOVEMENT.
Creator: FOSTER, SARAH WHITMER., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study provides an orientation to Waldorf education and to the educational ideas of Rudolf Steiner, the founder of the movement. Waldorf education is described analyzed and some of the key educational ideas (Steiner's) behind it are compared with those of A.S. Neill and Maria Montessori, founders of two widely known alternative school movements., The Waldorf School movement began in Germany in 1919 and has grown, spreading to other countries. Though international and found throughout the...
Show moreThis study provides an orientation to Waldorf education and to the educational ideas of Rudolf Steiner, the founder of the movement. Waldorf education is described analyzed and some of the key educational ideas (Steiner's) behind it are compared with those of A.S. Neill and Maria Montessori, founders of two widely known alternative school movements., The Waldorf School movement began in Germany in 1919 and has grown, spreading to other countries. Though international and found throughout the world, the Schools are virtually unknown to American educators and the general public., The study includes: a brief biographical sketch of Rudolf Steiner's life, Steiner's basic philosophical ideas including his interpretation of human growth and development, Steiner's suggestions for educational practice and use in Waldorf Schools, characteristics of a contemporary (1970s) German Waldorf School, and a comparison of key statements made about education by Maria Montessori, Rudolf Steiner and A. S. Neill., As a school movement which has existed since 1919, the Waldorf Schools deserve the attention of those who seek ways to improve educational approaches and the development of the total human being.
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Date Issued: 1981, 1981
Identifier: AAI8125855, 3085031, FSDT3085031, fsu:74529
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Title: W. B. YEATS'S "SLEEP AND DREAM NOTEBOOKS" (IRELAND).
Creator: MARTINICH, ROBERT ANTHONY., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Though scholars have long known of Yeats's Notebooks of automatic writing, sleeps, and dreams, which he and his wife, George, kept, the contents have not been available in a form accessible to the general public. This dissertation presents a text of the papers known as the Sleep and Dream Notebooks written between March 1920 and July 1923. These four Notebooks and the related miscellaneous pages inserted into them by Yeats or his wife, follow chronologically the Notebooks which record the...
Show moreThough scholars have long known of Yeats's Notebooks of automatic writing, sleeps, and dreams, which he and his wife, George, kept, the contents have not been available in a form accessible to the general public. This dissertation presents a text of the papers known as the Sleep and Dream Notebooks written between March 1920 and July 1923. These four Notebooks and the related miscellaneous pages inserted into them by Yeats or his wife, follow chronologically the Notebooks which record the couple's experiments with automatic writing. The Sleep and Dream Notebooks record Yeats's personal involvement with various psychic methods which he felt would help in the writing of A Vision. These Notebooks attest to the degree to which a knowledge of Yeats's psychic studies are integral to an understanding of his later work., The original Notebooks are in the hands of both Yeats and his wife, and are legible only with lengthy study. The dissertation presents the texts of the Notebooks with minimal editorial intrusion, maintaining irregularities of grammar and syntax, peculiarities of style. Included in the text are the numerous line drawings made by both of the Yeatses to record and explain the philosophy of his System. A preface describes the original condition of the material and the specific ways it is treated to arrive at the text. An introduction explains the relationship of the Notebooks to Yeats, his other psychic materials, and the writing of A Vision. Textual and explanatory notes of allusions and difficult material follow the texts of the Notebooks., The Sleep and Dream Notebooks characterize 1920-1923 as a period during which Yeats lived his philosophy, recounting such an integral association of the spiritual with the corporeal that the reader is convinced of Yeats's desire to see as functional the drama about which, it is now apparent, he structured his later life.
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Date Issued: 1982, 1982
Identifier: AAI8416718, 3085814, FSDT3085814, fsu:75301
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Title: THE VOCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS OF HOME ECONOMICS STUDENTS IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA.
Creator: STEWART, PAULA MARY., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purposes of this study were to (1) determine the vocational aspirations and expectations of middle and high school students enrolled in vocational home economics classes as compared to middle and high school students not enrolled in home economics classes, and (2) to identify factors influencing the vocational aspirations and expectations of these youth as measured by the student's sex, race, perception of having handicaps, and perception of having control over his or her environment ...
Show moreThe purposes of this study were to (1) determine the vocational aspirations and expectations of middle and high school students enrolled in vocational home economics classes as compared to middle and high school students not enrolled in home economics classes, and (2) to identify factors influencing the vocational aspirations and expectations of these youth as measured by the student's sex, race, perception of having handicaps, and perception of having control over his or her environment (locus of control). Data were collected by responses to a three part questionnaire from 469 middle and high school students in Escambia County, Florida., The data were analyzed utilizing Pearson Product Moment correlation, correlation coefficients, and a linear regression statistic utilizing a hierarchal approach. The hypotheses were examined at a preset .05 level of significance. Analysis of the data provided the basis for the following conclusions: (1) The overall mean response of middle school students' expectations and aspirations was in the upper mid-range of occupational status, whereas the high school students were in the lower mid-range of occupational status. (2) In middle school, white females were good predictors of high mean aspirations, and white non-handicapped females in home economics were good predictors of high mean expectations. Black females were good predictors of low mean aspirations and black handicapped males not enrolled in home economics were good predictors of low mean expectations. (3) In high school, white non-handicapped males enrolled in home economics were good predictors of high mean aspirations, and black, non-handicapped females enrolled in home economics were good predictors of high mean expectations. Black, handicapped females not in home economics were good predictors of low mean vocational aspirations and white handicapped males not in home economics were good predictors of low mean expectations. (4) No significant differences existed between middle and high school students enrolled in vocational home economics as compared to middle and high school students not enrolled in vocational home economics.
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Date Issued: 1982, 1982
Identifier: AAI8225310, 3085373, FSDT3085373, fsu:74868
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Title: VISUAL-TACTUAL RECOGNITION OF SPOKEN ENGLISH SENTENCES.
Creator: TERRIO, LEELEN MARK., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The Radioear B70A and Siemens Fonator electromechanical vibrators were coupled separately to the fingertip of 72 normal young adults. Tactual thresholds were obtained with (a) pure tones in octave and half-octave intervals from 125 through 1,000 Hertz and (b) phonemes comprising the Ling Five Sound Speech Test., Threshold measurements served as a sensation level reference for tactual stimuli used in a subsequent visual-tactual communication task. Subjects used a television monitor to observe...
Show moreThe Radioear B70A and Siemens Fonator electromechanical vibrators were coupled separately to the fingertip of 72 normal young adults. Tactual thresholds were obtained with (a) pure tones in octave and half-octave intervals from 125 through 1,000 Hertz and (b) phonemes comprising the Ling Five Sound Speech Test., Threshold measurements served as a sensation level reference for tactual stimuli used in a subsequent visual-tactual communication task. Subjects used a television monitor to observe a videotaped speaker uttering sentences from the CID Everyday Sentences Lists. The tape soundtrack drove a respective vibrator at predetermined suprathreshold levels. Subjects failed to demonstrate statistically significant differences in speechreading performance as a function of systematic changes in the intensity of tactual stimuli with either electromechanical vibrator. Statistically significant differences were observed as a function of speechreading the same sentences twice.
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Date Issued: 1982, 1982
Identifier: AAI8304083, 3085445, FSDT3085445, fsu:74938
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Title: VISIONS OF REALITY: BRION GYSIN'S EVOLVING EXPERIMENTATION WITH REALITY (PERMUTATIONS).
Creator: ANDERSON, CAROL MARIE., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Many contemporary critics consider Brion Gysin (1916-1986) to be a modern-day Renaissance man. Esteemed as a novelist, poet, inventor, painter and songwriter, Gysin is perhaps best known for his influence on William Burroughs' development, but he was in the forefront of experimentation in the art and literary worlds for almost fifty years., Gysin delves into some of the fundamental questions of twentieth century art and literature which include an exploration of the nature of reality, and...
Show moreMany contemporary critics consider Brion Gysin (1916-1986) to be a modern-day Renaissance man. Esteemed as a novelist, poet, inventor, painter and songwriter, Gysin is perhaps best known for his influence on William Burroughs' development, but he was in the forefront of experimentation in the art and literary worlds for almost fifty years., Gysin delves into some of the fundamental questions of twentieth century art and literature which include an exploration of the nature of reality, and whether there is a validity in differing visions of reality., Although Gysin experiments with various media, his work retains a cohesive structure. Gysin's primary theme is that reality is inextricably linked with the process of change., This study is organized into six sections, augmented by a series of personal and taped interviews with Gysin. The first section sets Gysin's work in the historical perspective of Dadaism and Surrealism which influenced him to a certain extent. The second section gives a detailed look at Gysin's literary inventions, the cut-up and the permutation, showing how they illustrate Gysin's basic themes. The cut-up's influence on William Burroughs is also discussed. Thirdly, a study is made of two of Gysin's unpublished screenplays of Naked Lunch, comparing and contrasting them with Burroughs' novel upon which they are based. Gysin's interpretations reflect his preoccupation with the nature of reality. In the fourth section, Gysin's ideas of reality are shown through magic, a concept which is specifically developed in The Process, a quasi-autobiographical novel set in the Sahara desert. The fifth section discusses the idea of reality and its relationship to death in Gysin's final novel, The Last Museum, which was published posthumously. Finally, the theme of the changing nature of reality is seen through Gysin's painting and his invention, the DreamMachine, designed to be the drugless "turn-on" of the sixties.
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Date Issued: 1987, 1987
Identifier: AAI8721829, 3086631, FSDT3086631, fsu:76106
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Title: VIOLENCE IN PRISON: ARCHITECTURAL DETERMINISM.
Creator: ATLAS, RANDY I., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between architectural and environmental factors and incidence of inmate violence within four correctional institutions in the Southeastern United States: Dade and Union Correctional Institutions, Florida State Prison, and Talahassee Federal Correctional Institution. The study investigated overcrowding, types of housing, amount of living space available, location of assaults, and seasonal influences in relation to the propensity for...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between architectural and environmental factors and incidence of inmate violence within four correctional institutions in the Southeastern United States: Dade and Union Correctional Institutions, Florida State Prison, and Talahassee Federal Correctional Institution. The study investigated overcrowding, types of housing, amount of living space available, location of assaults, and seasonal influences in relation to the propensity for and frequency of noncollective (inmate-to-inmate or inmate-to-staff) violent incidents. The prisons differ structurally and architecturally--two are medium and two are close custody (maximum) security prisons--and the study examined differences, if any, in the inmates propensity toward violence at the two types of institutions., Research issues in the study were: (1) Is there a relationship between the increase in prison population and the number and rate (per 100 inmates per prison) of incidents of violence? (2) Is there a relationship between the total number of square feet of living space and the number and rate (per 100 inmates per prison) of incidents of violence? (3) Is there a significant relationship between the number and rate of incidents of violence and the type of housing available in each prison? (4) Is there a relationship between the type of violent incidents committed in the prison and the location of the incident? (5) Is there a relationship between the number and rate of violent incidents and seasonal influences?, The data for the study included official disciplinary reports of violence. A violent environment questionnaire (VEQ) was administered to a sample of inmates and was designed to elicit their perceptions of the degree of violence, privacy, and safety within the prison. Staff interviews were also conducted which provided familiarization with the prison's administration and physical plant during initial site visits., The results of the study determined what, if any, influence the architecture and design of the four prisons had on the frequency and character of noncollective inmate violence.
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Date Issued: 1982, 1982
Identifier: AAI8217967, 3085280, FSDT3085280, fsu:74775
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Title: VIGILANTE JUSTICE: EXTRA-LEGAL EXECUTIONS IN FLORIDA, 1930-1940.
Creator: HOWARD, WALTER THOMAS., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Scholars have long recognized that violence has been an integral part of southern history and culture. This study deals with one of the most virulent forms of southern violence: the lynching of blacks. It examines all the recorded lynchings that occurred during the 1930's in Florida., During the decade of the Great Depression vigilantes executed twelve black and three white victims in this southern state. These tragedies are detailed in a narrative account interwoven with a socio-economic...
Show moreScholars have long recognized that violence has been an integral part of southern history and culture. This study deals with one of the most virulent forms of southern violence: the lynching of blacks. It examines all the recorded lynchings that occurred during the 1930's in Florida., During the decade of the Great Depression vigilantes executed twelve black and three white victims in this southern state. These tragedies are detailed in a narrative account interwoven with a socio-economic analysis of Florida's various lynching communities, urban as well as rural. In all, this study deals with specific vigilante murders, the economic conditions of the Great Depression, the persisting frontier ethic of administering justice on a one-to-one basis outside the law, and the widespread belief that lynchers could murder their victims and go unpunished., Governmental agencies on the federal, state, and local levels failed to identify most lynchers much less prosecute them. Manhunts, kidnappings, and carefully planned executions revealed the workings of Florida mobs at this time. The response to Florida vigilantism by the press--state, national, and black--is analyzed. Concerned groups such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching, and the International Labor Defense are all part of the story explored in the following pages., The Florida lynchings of the 1930's stimulated the antilynching drive of the day and in this way helped sensitize and develop the national conscience, which partially provided the groundwork for the civil rights movement of later years.
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Date Issued: 1987, 1987
Identifier: AAI8711723, 3086547, FSDT3086547, fsu:76022
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Title: A VIEW OF ANCIENT COMEDY: GREEK AND ROMAN SOURCES OF COMIC THEORY (ARISTOTLE, PLATO, TRACTATUS COISLINIANUS, MIMESIS, CATHARSIS).
Creator: HILL, CHARLES DELMER., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This work is an effort to determine what theories of comedy the ancient world held. The first portion is a compilation of comments of ancient authors which impact on comic theory. This is presented essentially as raw data with summary statements included. Modern areas of controversy which concern comedy are then compiled and clarified. These areas include Platonic (mu)(iota)(mu)(eta)(sigma)(iota)(sigma) and (kappa)(alpha)(theta)(alpha)(rho)(sigma)(iota)(sigma), Aristotelian (mu)(iota)(mu)(eta...
Show moreThis work is an effort to determine what theories of comedy the ancient world held. The first portion is a compilation of comments of ancient authors which impact on comic theory. This is presented essentially as raw data with summary statements included. Modern areas of controversy which concern comedy are then compiled and clarified. These areas include Platonic (mu)(iota)(mu)(eta)(sigma)(iota)(sigma) and (kappa)(alpha)(theta)(alpha)(rho)(sigma)(iota)(sigma), Aristotelian (mu)(iota)(mu)(eta)(sigma)(iota)(sigma) and (kappa)(alpha)(theta)(alpha)(rho)(sigma)(iota)(sigma), the Tractatus Coislinianus, and the comic emotions. Finally, a common core of ancient comic theory is revealed. Whereas, modern comic theory is in a state of disarray, with critics unable to agree upon general parameters for discussion, antiquity did have common parameters for discussion, was much interested in comic theory, and was generally homogeneous in their theories of comedy.
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Date Issued: 1985, 1985
Identifier: AAI8607378, 3086286, FSDT3086286, fsu:75769
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Title: VIDEO TELECONFERENCING: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF USING A VIDEO TELECONFERENCE MEETING CONDITION ON GROUP PROBLEM-SOLVING ABILITY.
Creator: ROSETTI, DANIEL KENNETH., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Investigation into group problem-solving performance in video versus face-to-face meeting conditions indicated that no research had been conducted to determine if there is a significant difference in the ability of a group to solve a complex problem when employing these two media. Past research was also inconclusive as to whether subjects' initial attitudes toward these two media are significantly different from their attitudes toward these two media after experiencing them., The purpose of...
Show moreInvestigation into group problem-solving performance in video versus face-to-face meeting conditions indicated that no research had been conducted to determine if there is a significant difference in the ability of a group to solve a complex problem when employing these two media. Past research was also inconclusive as to whether subjects' initial attitudes toward these two media are significantly different from their attitudes toward these two media after experiencing them., The purpose of this study was to review and synthesize past research on video teleconferencing; to measure quantitatively the effectiveness of participants using two-way video teleconferencing versus participants in face-to-face meetings involving a complex group problem-solving task; and to measure the attitudes of first-time users toward video teleconferencing and face-to-face meetings before and after their experiences with both media., The primary hypotheses--stated in the null--were: (1) No significant difference will exist in the quality of a solution arrived at by participants using the two media (face-to-face and video) when a complex problem-solving task is used. (2) No significant difference between the attitudes of subjects toward using video teleconferencing and face-to-face meetings to solve a complex task will exist before and after contact with these two media., Two complex group problem-solving tasks were used to measure group problem-solving ability in both media. An attitude questionnaire, developed by the researcher, was used to examine subjects' attitudes prior to and after experiencing both media. The subjects were 160 undergraduate communication and business students attending the Florida State University., A pilot study was conducted to test the experimental procedures and instruments. The Cronbach Alpha Reliability Test and Kruskal-Wallis One-Way Anova were used for the pilot's data analysis. A Wilcoxon Matched Pairs Test was used to test for significance in the main study., Analysis of the data showed that the performance in video was significantly better than in face-to-face and that subjects' attitudes did not significantly change from initial attitudes in favor of face-to-face over video.
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Date Issued: 1983, 1983
Identifier: AAI8325684, 3085656, FSDT3085656, fsu:75148
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Title: A VERIFICATION OF HALL'S THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL THROUGH APPLICATION TO A CURRICULUM INNOVATION INVOLVING FLORIDA'S COMMUNITY/JUNIOR COLLEGE AUTOMOTIVE INSTRUCTORS.
Creator: CANTOR, JEFFREY ALAN., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to apply the full three-dimensional Concerns Based Adoption Model (CBAM) developed by Hall (1973) in an area of Vocational Education in which the model had not been previously tested in order to determine if the relationships between the model dimensions were consistent with the model. In conducting this study a determination of whether and to what extent the Florida Competency-Based Automotive Mechanics Curriculum Project (AMCP) was actually in use, how it was...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to apply the full three-dimensional Concerns Based Adoption Model (CBAM) developed by Hall (1973) in an area of Vocational Education in which the model had not been previously tested in order to determine if the relationships between the model dimensions were consistent with the model. In conducting this study a determination of whether and to what extent the Florida Competency-Based Automotive Mechanics Curriculum Project (AMCP) was actually in use, how it was used and what present user and non-user concerns exist was made., The Concerns Based Adoption Model describes change from the viewpoint of the user as an individual. This model describes user behavior with reference to the change or innovation-adoption in terms of stages of concern, levels of use of the innovation, and innovation configurations of the user. The conceptualization and measurement of implementation of curriculum innovations have long plagued those administrators responsible for planning and evaluating change efforts., This study was guided by six research questions centering around the three CBAM model dimensions. These questions posed inquiry into the stages of concern of the users/non-users of the AMCP, levels of use of the AMCP, innovation configurations with reference to the AMCP and the association of selected personal characteristic variables to stages of concern and levels of use of the AMCP., The sample of Florida's community/junior college automotive instructor population comprising this study consisted of 17 participants., The data analyses indicated support for all three dimensions of Hall's model.
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Date Issued: 1982, 1982
Identifier: AAI8218632, 3085285, FSDT3085285, fsu:74780
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Title: THE VENEZUELAN BASIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND THEIR INSERVICE EDUCATION: A PREPLANNING SURVEY.
Creator: PARADA, OMAR ORLANDO., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The government of Venezuela has mandated a restructuring of the educational system. The six years of compulsory schooling, under the Organic Law of Education (1980) now in effect, will become nine years of compulsory education--the Basic School level. Elementary school teachers, formerly required to have only a secondary level degree, must now obtain a higher education degree., The Ministry of Education has determined the competencies defining the new teacher's profile. Thus, the study sought...
Show moreThe government of Venezuela has mandated a restructuring of the educational system. The six years of compulsory schooling, under the Organic Law of Education (1980) now in effect, will become nine years of compulsory education--the Basic School level. Elementary school teachers, formerly required to have only a secondary level degree, must now obtain a higher education degree., The Ministry of Education has determined the competencies defining the new teacher's profile. Thus, the study sought to answer: (1) What are teachers' perceived needs regarding the legislatively mandated Basic Education competencies? (2) What level of inservice education do teachers feel is required for these competencies? (3) What are teachers' preferences concerning the strategies to be used in inservice education?, Venezuelan elementary school teachers generally agreed that the professional competencies are highly necessary, and that considerable inservice education opportunities are needed to acquire them. Teachers' preference is for the traditional strategies of inservice education--formal education in higher education institutions, combined with workshops, seminars and study groups.
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Date Issued: 1983, 1983
Identifier: AAI8404751, 3085728, FSDT3085728, fsu:75218
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Title: A VARIABLE COEFFICIENTS ANALYSIS OF YOUNG MEN'S LABOR SUPPLY USING THE NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL SURVEY.
Creator: COOK, ERIC WILLIAM., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study measured the determinants of men's labor supply behavior by integrating the use of high quality labor market data with the best of both empirical and theoretical labor supply modeling. The ten year histories of men's labor market behavior associated with the National Longitudinal Survey of Young Men permitted the use of the random coefficients regression (RCR) model which relaxed the usual assumption of homogeneity of individuals' labor supply behavior. This innovation was combined...
Show moreThis study measured the determinants of men's labor supply behavior by integrating the use of high quality labor market data with the best of both empirical and theoretical labor supply modeling. The ten year histories of men's labor market behavior associated with the National Longitudinal Survey of Young Men permitted the use of the random coefficients regression (RCR) model which relaxed the usual assumption of homogeneity of individuals' labor supply behavior. This innovation was combined with the best econometric and theoretical features from previous empirical research in order to assess men's labor supply behavior more accurately., There were several important findings of this study. First, when individuals' coefficients were different, a Monte Carlo experiment proved that the RCR estimator was substantially more accurate than both the OLSP and OLSA estimators. Second, the degree of heterogeneity in individuals' labor supply coefficients and variances was found to be so large as to require recognition. This indicated that the OLSP, OLSA, and GLSH estimators were not efficient. Third, the final results were sensitive to: (1) the omission of education from the labor supply equation; (2) the use of a non-random sample; and (3) not adjusting the estimation method to account for the endogenous explanatory variables in the labor supply equation. Fourth, the coefficient and elasticity estimates indicated individuals' responsiveness to changes in both the wage rate and income was extremely low. This estimated inelasticity was even more pronounced than the inelastic labor supply estimates obtained in previous empirical research. Finally, it was found that the variations in individuals' labor supply coefficient responses were significantly explained by a number of background variables., The emphasis upon individuals' heterogeneity in labor supply behavior was an important contribution of this study for empirical modeling in this area. Since the theory of labor supply begins at the individual level, empirically modeling individual differences represents a coalescence of theory with the econometric application which heretofore has not been attempted.
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Date Issued: 1983, 1983
Identifier: AAI8317368, 3085600, FSDT3085600, fsu:75092
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Title: VARIABILITY IN THE EARTH RADIATION BUDGET AS DETERMINED FROM THE NIMBUS ERB EXPERIMENTS (EL NINO, EL CHICHON, DROUGHT, AEROSOL).
Creator: ARDANUY, PHILIP EDWARD., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Data taken by the Earth Radiation Budget (ERB) experiments on board the Nimbus-6 and Nimbus-7 satellites is examined. The goal is an understanding of the bounds of variability of the radiation budget components. This variability is examined on daily, monthly, and annual time scales., An in-flight characterization of the instrument is performed, and a set of calibration adjustments for the Nimbus-7 ERB are developed that enable interannual climate studies to be made. A technique for the...
Show moreData taken by the Earth Radiation Budget (ERB) experiments on board the Nimbus-6 and Nimbus-7 satellites is examined. The goal is an understanding of the bounds of variability of the radiation budget components. This variability is examined on daily, monthly, and annual time scales., An in-flight characterization of the instrument is performed, and a set of calibration adjustments for the Nimbus-7 ERB are developed that enable interannual climate studies to be made. A technique for the transfer of this calibration to the Nimbus-6 ERB experiment is derived that enables the creation of a decadal joint ERB data set., For the first time, error bars for the data set are established. These show that the WFOV calibration is accurate to 7 W/m('2) regionally and 3 W/m('2) zonally. Based on a solar calibration transfer, the stability of this data is shown to be better than 1/2% over the entire period., The radiation budget component (albedo and longwave emission) responses to the 1982 eruptions of the El Chichon volcano are examined. Based on the observations, an understanding of the global distribution, evolution, and persistence of the resultant aerosol cloud is achieved. Specific results include evidence that, although the eruptions occurred in the spring of 1982, the maximum optical depths at the higher latitudes in the northern hemisphere were not reached until the winter of 1982-1983. Further evident is the fact that the majority of the aerosols are retained in the northern hemisphere, with the aerosol content of the two hemispheres (as measured by the signal enhancements) not reaching equilibrium until two years after the eruption., The evolution of the major 1982/1983 ENSO event is monitored for the first time by broad-band radiometers. Quasi-stationary, planetary-scale tropical and mid-latitude teleconnection patterns are shown to emerge as the event reaches its peak intensity. The onset, intensification, and withdrawal of drought over Indonesia, Australia, the Pacific Ocean island chains, and the Amazon River Valley is monitored based on inferred irrotational, three-dimensional flow fields. Anomalous subsidence, forced by the ENSO episode is noted over all drought regions.
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Date Issued: 1986, 1986
Identifier: AAI8619135, 3086360, FSDT3086360, fsu:75840
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Title: THE VALUE PARADIGM: A STUDY OF VALUES AND CONSENSUS IN FAMILY SYSTEMS.
Creator: FIELDS, JOYCE WHITLOCK., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this research was to explore the presence of a value paradigm in the family. A consensus of values was defined as a family structure which organizes patterns of daily living for family members and as such serves as a paradigm. This paradigm was examined with three objectives in mind; to determine how much agreement there is between the values of family members, to determine if one family subsystem evidences greater agreement than the other subsystems, and to determine if value...
Show moreThe purpose of this research was to explore the presence of a value paradigm in the family. A consensus of values was defined as a family structure which organizes patterns of daily living for family members and as such serves as a paradigm. This paradigm was examined with three objectives in mind; to determine how much agreement there is between the values of family members, to determine if one family subsystem evidences greater agreement than the other subsystems, and to determine if value agreement influences other family structures., Rokeach's Value Survey and FACES II were administered to fathers, mothers, and one adolescent of 106 families obtained from an educational research school affiliated with a southern university. The results indicate that there is a value paradigm for both terminal and instrumental values operating in families with adolescents. The terminal value paradigm is not affected by the sex, race, or age of the adolescent, the socioeconomic status, religiosity, or size of the family, the employment of mothers, the ordinal position of the child, or the age differentials between children and their parents. Of these variables, instrumental value agreement was affected by paternal employment. No significant differences between the value agreement of family subsystems were indicated although the consensus within the parental dyad was noticeably higher than between either parent and adolescent with regard to terminal values. The values of family subsystems were significantly correlated indicating that the consensual level of one subsystem affects the consensual level of other subsystems. The value paradigm did not significantly affect the family structures of cohesion and adaptability as evaluated by FACES II., The findings of this study support the concept of interdependence and interrelatedness of family members which is generated by General Systems Theory. Implications for further research include the development of a family typology using the value paradigm and further exploration of this paradigm and its effect on (1) the family during different phases of the family life cycle and (2) other family structures.
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Date Issued: 1983, 1983
Identifier: AAI8314186, 3085537, FSDT3085537, fsu:75029
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Title: THE VALUATION OF CURRENCY OPTIONS UNDER THE ASSUMPTIONS OF VARIANCE STATIONARITY AND NON-STATIONARITY.
Creator: TUCKER, ALAN LAWRENCE., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This dissertation empirically tests two valuation models for call currency options: (1) an extant adaptation of the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model applicable to underlying securities with price relatives described by geometric Brownian motion such that return variance is time invariant, and (2) an adaptation (developed herein) of the Cox-Ross/Emanuel-MacBeth option pricing model applicable to underlying securities with price relatives described by a constant elasticity of variance...
Show moreThis dissertation empirically tests two valuation models for call currency options: (1) an extant adaptation of the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model applicable to underlying securities with price relatives described by geometric Brownian motion such that return variance is time invariant, and (2) an adaptation (developed herein) of the Cox-Ross/Emanuel-MacBeth option pricing model applicable to underlying securities with price relatives described by a constant elasticity of variance diffusion process such that return variance is time variant. Tests are conducted on an ex-ante basis to determine which model more accurately predicts observed currency option prices. Transactions data supplied by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange are utilized in these tests., This dissertation consists of two essays. The first essay investigates the diffusion process characterizing daily exchange rate changes and demonstrates that currency return variances depend on exchange rate levels and that the dependency is intertemporally unstable. This finding suggests that the usefulness of the two candidate models is an empirical issue. The second essay investigates the relative pricing performance of the two models and demonstrates that the more general CEV model does not improve pricing accuracy for predictive intervals as short as five trading days. Intertemporal instability of the elasticity coefficients relating currency return variances and exchange rate levels could account for these pricing results. Essentially, return variances are, at best, only partially predicted by a constant elasticity of variance diffusion process. Hence, the development of a more accurate currency option valuation model appears to necessitate the use of a more general and complex diffusion process of the non-stationary Ito type.
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Date Issued: 1986, 1986
Identifier: AAI8624636, 3086386, FSDT3086386, fsu:75866
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Title: THE VALIDITY OF AN INDEX OF CONSUMER SATISFACTION WITH PUBLIC PRODUCTS.
Creator: STEARNS, JAMES MCEVOY., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: A private sector consumer satisfaction measurement method and aggregation procedure were validated in the public sector. Generating the index involved the identification of the attributes of local government goods and services. The attributes were then weighted for importance using conjoint analysis and tested for their explanatory power in predicting product satisfaction. Products also were weighted and tested for their ability to explain overall satisfaction with local government goods and...
Show moreA private sector consumer satisfaction measurement method and aggregation procedure were validated in the public sector. Generating the index involved the identification of the attributes of local government goods and services. The attributes were then weighted for importance using conjoint analysis and tested for their explanatory power in predicting product satisfaction. Products also were weighted and tested for their ability to explain overall satisfaction with local government goods and services., The essence of the study was the determination of the validity of the measurements and weighting scheme. Validity testing included test-retest reliability estimation, convergence with a criterion measure, scale discriminability, and determination of nomological validity., Results of the research supported the validity of the index method and aggregation scheme. Subjects could identify public product attributes, although fewer than in previous private sector product research. Conjoint analysis satisfaction equations explained a statistically significant proportion of variance in overall and product satisfaction (the dependent variables) using weighted product satisfaction and weighted attribute satisfaction as the independent variables. Other findings were: the instrument was acceptably reliable; satisfaction measurements and importance weights converged with a criterion measure; the scale exhibited strong evidence of nomological validity and, therefore, for the generalizability of the study's conceptualization and measurement method. The research provides a starting point for more public/private sector comparative satisfaction research.
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Date Issued: 1981, 1981
Identifier: AAI8125792, 3084986, FSDT3084986, fsu:74484
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Title: VALIDATION OF STATISTICAL MODELS FOR SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS STUDY (CROSS-SECTIONAL, MATCHED, UNMATCHED LONGITUDINAL).
Creator: SHRESTHA, GAMBHIR MAN., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The Capabilities of four types of statistical models were examined to identify effective and ineffective schools through regression analysis. The models are referred to as incomplete since they included the following sets of predictors: unmatched longitudinal achievement and demographic (ULAD), cross-sectional scores and demographic (CSAD), demographic alone (ULDA), and longitudinal scores alone (MLA 3). The superiority of each model to other was determined by comparing results from each...
Show moreThe Capabilities of four types of statistical models were examined to identify effective and ineffective schools through regression analysis. The models are referred to as incomplete since they included the following sets of predictors: unmatched longitudinal achievement and demographic (ULAD), cross-sectional scores and demographic (CSAD), demographic alone (ULDA), and longitudinal scores alone (MLA 3). The superiority of each model to other was determined by comparing results from each model with results from a complete model which included matched longitudinal achievement and demographic predictors. Regression equations with different numbers of predictors were investigated to determine the effect of the number of predictors on the ability of the incomplete models to produce results similar to those of the complete models. The analysis was based upon residuals from equations for each model computed for 277 schools. Residuals were examined by using three tools for classification of schools: confidence intervals based upon standard errors, performance index, and binomial distribution of scores from two different years. The summary of results of analysis are: (1) The two incomplete models, ULAD and CSAD, produced fewer misclassifications of schools than the other incomplete models. (2) No consistent effect of number of predictors was found. The number of different predictors in equations has a lesser effect in prediction than the type of predictors used in equations. (3) Each of the complete and incomplete equations showed a greater number of consistently overachieving schools than chance alone would allow. When such schools were identified, about 10 percent of the schools seemed able to raise their students, on average, by an amount equal to an increase from 50th to the 72nd percentile. (4) Confidence intervals of two standard errors were sufficient to avoid incorrect identification of schools; performance indices produced many classifications.
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Date Issued: 1985, 1985
Identifier: AAI8602876, 3086217, FSDT3086217, fsu:75700
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Title: VALIDATION OF LEARNING HIERARCHIES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT (ASSESSMENT, TASK ANALYSIS, INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN).
Creator: REID, GEORGE ANDERSON, JR., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The adequacy of using a posttesting method of learning hierarchy validation was investigated. Validation decisions based upon posttest data were compared to the decisions generated from validation with instruction. Five learning hierarchies were employed in the study from the areas of mathematics, science, and social studies. Data were obtained from students in grades ranging from 2 through 10, with 30 to 70 students for each hierarchy and validation method. Student mastery data were...
Show moreThe adequacy of using a posttesting method of learning hierarchy validation was investigated. Validation decisions based upon posttest data were compared to the decisions generated from validation with instruction. Five learning hierarchies were employed in the study from the areas of mathematics, science, and social studies. Data were obtained from students in grades ranging from 2 through 10, with 30 to 70 students for each hierarchy and validation method. Student mastery data were summarized to indicate acceptance or rejection of each hypothesized hierarchical pair., Decision correlations and overall comparisons were analyzed based upon the percentage of participants failing the lower skill and passing the higher skill of each hypothesized element pair. Using a practical criterion of (GREATERTHEQ) 10% in the fail-pass category indicating rejection of the hypothesized element pair, the posttest-only method and the instruction-test method were in agreement on 27 of 34 decisions. When non-significant percentages were removed, the two methods were in agreement on 30 of 34 decisions. The phi correlation coefficient for decisions of the two methods was 0.70 (p < .01). An examination of the percentage fail-pass data utilizing the Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test for Matched-Pairs further indicated no significant difference between the two methods (p < .01)., The results provide support for using the posttesting method as a short-cut approximation to validation with instruction. In the context of validation decisions made during the development of instructional materials, the posttesting approach appears to be adequate. The results also suggest that retention hierarchies produced by the posttesting method appear to be the same as learning hierarchies. The apparent adequacy of the posttesting method offers many advantages to the instructional developer. Instructional materials need not be developed prior to hierarchy validation, allowing the validated hierarchy to guide the development of instructional sequences and test specifications.
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Date Issued: 1984, 1984
Identifier: AAI8505316, 3086001, FSDT3086001, fsu:75487
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Title: THE UTILIZATION OF PRODUCT AND PROCESS MEASURES TO COMPARE THE THROWING, STRIKING, AND KICKING PROFICIENCY OF THIRD AND FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS (ASSESSMENT, MOTOR SKILLS).
Creator: GRIFFIN, MICHAEL ROBERT., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of the study was to utilize product and process measures to compare the throwing, striking, and kicking proficiency of third and fifth grade students. A second purpose was to construct the process instruments to be used in the study. Sixty-eight students were randomly selected from the population of third and fifth graders at a local elementary school. An equal number of subjects were selected relative to grade and gender. Each subject participated in three separate assessment...
Show moreThe purpose of the study was to utilize product and process measures to compare the throwing, striking, and kicking proficiency of third and fifth grade students. A second purpose was to construct the process instruments to be used in the study. Sixty-eight students were randomly selected from the population of third and fifth graders at a local elementary school. An equal number of subjects were selected relative to grade and gender. Each subject participated in three separate assessment periods involving the motor skills of throwing, striking, and kicking. Subjects were assessed through the use of a product measure (i.e., accuracy) and a process measure (i.e., motor pattern rating) for each of the three skills. Product and process data were collected simultaneously by the investigator and an observer. Each assessment measure contained 10 trials. A two-way analysis of variance technique was utilized to analyze product motor proficiency differences between grades and gender for each skill, and to determine grade and gender differences from the process measure data collected on each skill. In addition, separate Pearson product-moment correlations were used to determine the relationship between the product and process measure data collected.., The results indicated that significant between subject main effect differences did exist between grade and gender on the product measures of throwing, striking, and kicking and the process measures of throwing, striking, and kicking. All within subject analyses revealed no significant differences, which supported that subjects performed reliably across trials for the product and process measures. Separate Pearson product-moment correlations between the product and process measure data revealed significant positive relationships for the male third graders on throwing, the female third and fifth graders on striking, and the male third and fifth graders on kicking.
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Date Issued: 1984, 1984
Identifier: AAI8427302, 3085893, FSDT3085893, fsu:75380
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Title: UTILIZATION OF EVALUATION INFORMATION: A CASE STUDY APPROACH INVESTIGATING FACTORS RELATED TO EVALUATION UTILIZATION IN A LARGE STATE AGENCY.
Creator: BARRIOS, NINA BROWN., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This investigation measured evaluation utilization in a large state agency and used a case study approach to investigate conditions that relate to utilization of evaluation reports. One significant contribution of this study was development of a strategy to measure influence of evaluation information on decisions and implementation status of recommendations. The measurement strategy produced scale values for reports, enabling a comparative rating of evaluation reports in terms of utilization....
Show moreThis investigation measured evaluation utilization in a large state agency and used a case study approach to investigate conditions that relate to utilization of evaluation reports. One significant contribution of this study was development of a strategy to measure influence of evaluation information on decisions and implementation status of recommendations. The measurement strategy produced scale values for reports, enabling a comparative rating of evaluation reports in terms of utilization. The ratings identified high-use and low-use reports., Contrast of high-use and low-use reports provided a basis for assessing the potency of various utilization predictors reported in the literature. The results indicated that relevance to decision-making is a major factor influencing utilization in this context. Other variables clearly supported by this study included political and organizational circumstances, focus on manipulable variables and user characteristics. Some evidence suggested support for user involvement in study formulation, credibility of information, evaluator credibility in terms of program knowledge, and quality as important variables., The findings also indicated that content of evaluation information is an important factor to consider in investigations of utilization. Recommendations in high-use studies were less variable in content compared to recommendations in low-use studies, and they tended to focus on program eligibility issues, service improvements, or improvements in management. Surprisingly, the findings suggest that policy-oriented recommendations and recommendations requiring interprogram or interagency action, even though harder to implement, had more influence on the decisions to implement the recommendations than the less challenging recommendations requiring only action by program managers., The validity of the findings is enhanced by the procedures used to ensure reliability of the data and by the researcher's prior experience with the agency studied. The applicability of these findings to a general theory of utilization, however, is limited by the restricted setting of this investigation. It is recommended that further research expand the investigation of utilization, through contrast of high- and low-use studies, to other sizes and types of organizations.
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Date Issued: 1986, 1986
Identifier: AAI8616880, 3086316, FSDT3086316, fsu:75799
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Title: USING THE COMPUTER TO RELATE COGNITIVE FACTORS TO MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT (FIELD DEPENDENCE/INDEPENDENCE, REFLECTIVE/IMPULSIVE, STYLE).
Creator: BERENSON, SARAH BURKE., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The focus of this research was to use the computer to examine certain cognitive factors of 134 eighth grade mathematics students. The program, "Trace and Find," was designed and written for the Apple II+ or IIe to identify the field-dependent-independent cognitive styles, the reflective-impulsive cognitive styles, and the trial and error strategy. Student behaviors were evaluated, timed, and counted by the computer to measure students' cognitive behaviors. Alpha was set at .05, beta was set...
Show moreThe focus of this research was to use the computer to examine certain cognitive factors of 134 eighth grade mathematics students. The program, "Trace and Find," was designed and written for the Apple II+ or IIe to identify the field-dependent-independent cognitive styles, the reflective-impulsive cognitive styles, and the trial and error strategy. Student behaviors were evaluated, timed, and counted by the computer to measure students' cognitive behaviors. Alpha was set at .05, beta was set at .05, and the effect size was set at + or - .30. Significant relationships were found among mathematics achievement, field dependence/independence, and reflective-impulsive cognitive styles. The results of the stepwise analysis found the field-dependent-independent cognitive styles and the reflective-impulsive cognitive styles accounted for 40% of the total variance of mathematics achievement with a multiple correlation of .64. Other significant relationships were established between mathematics achievement and the field-dependence-independence variable (r = .56), mathematics achievement and one of the reflective-impulsive variables (r = -.41), and the field-dependent-independent variable and this same reflective-impulsive variable (r = -.34). No significant relationships were found between or among males and females or the use of trial and error. I concluded that high mathematics achievers tend to be field independent and more impulsive than lower mathematics achievers. Low mathematics achievers tend to be field dependent and reflective. These results demonstrated that the computer can be used as a research and diagnostic tool for studying and evaluating cognitive behaviors.
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Date Issued: 1985, 1985
Identifier: AAI8524593, 3086147, FSDT3086147, fsu:75630
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Title: A USES AND GRATIFICATIONS APPROACH TO LISTENERS' PREFERENCES FOR DIFFERENT RADIO FORMAT ELEMENTS.
Creator: COX, JAMES CALHOUN, JR., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The main purpose of this study was to determine why people listen to one radio format as opposed to another. A secondary purpose was to derive hypotheses from the uses and gratifications theoretic perspective and to test those hypotheses., Very little research has been conducted concerning formats, the elements which comprise them, and the reasons people listen to them. The author reviewed the pertinent literature concerning formats. He then reviewed the uses and gratifications literature,...
Show moreThe main purpose of this study was to determine why people listen to one radio format as opposed to another. A secondary purpose was to derive hypotheses from the uses and gratifications theoretic perspective and to test those hypotheses., Very little research has been conducted concerning formats, the elements which comprise them, and the reasons people listen to them. The author reviewed the pertinent literature concerning formats. He then reviewed the uses and gratifications literature, and, using the results of empirical studies, formed some empirical generalizations from which he derived several hypotheses linking psychological needs with specific elements of formats., In order to test these hypotheses, the author constructed and pretested a questionnaire which was then distributed to 149 undergraduates. The questionnaire consisted of a psychological need inventory and questions related to media preferences. A content analysis of local radio stations was conducted. The needs, constructed from the questionnaire data by factor analysis, were correlated with the content analysis results as tests of the hypotheses. None of the hypotheses were statistically significant., The author performed several post hoc analyses in order to control for confounding variables. The only post hoc measures which proved useful were corrections for attenuation, which rendered two of the hypotheses statistically significant., The author concluded with suggestions for future research, including random sampling, conducting the study in a larger market, and the possible use of a different theoretic perspective.
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Date Issued: 1981, 1981
Identifier: AAI8125762, 3084964, FSDT3084964, fsu:74462
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Title: THE USE OF VERBAL SELF-REPORTS IN MARKETING RESEARCH: A TEST OF THEIR VALIDITY.
Creator: GREENE, ROBERT CHADWICK, JR., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: In marketing research a great deal of reliance is placed upon the acquisition of data through verbal self-reports. Recent research has cast some doubt as to the validity of data provided by verbal self-reports. Counter evidence supporting the use of verbal self-reports has also been provided. This research uses a simple paired comparison test to investigate the validity of verbal self-reports in marketing reasearch.
Date Issued: 1985, 1985
Identifier: AAI8513373, 3086056, FSDT3086056, fsu:75542
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Title: USE OF THE DELPHI TECHNIQUE: UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE CREATION OF A LIBRARY BUILDING PROGRAM AT FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.
Creator: HENSON, LLEWELLYN LAFAYETTE., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to utilize the Delphi technique for university community involvement in generating data for consideration for inclusion in the library building program at Florida Institute of Technology., Three rounds of questionnaires were administered to Trustees, Vice-Presidents, Deans for Directors, Academic Department Heads, Other Administrators, Librarians, Faculty, Students, and Alumni of the institution., In Round I eighty-two participants were requested to consider a...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to utilize the Delphi technique for university community involvement in generating data for consideration for inclusion in the library building program at Florida Institute of Technology., Three rounds of questionnaires were administered to Trustees, Vice-Presidents, Deans for Directors, Academic Department Heads, Other Administrators, Librarians, Faculty, Students, and Alumni of the institution., In Round I eighty-two participants were requested to consider a list of 25 factors generated by the research, plus any other factors of their choosing, and suggest what facilities and services they felt would be appropriate for the university's new library. Seventy respondents submitted a total of 428 statements. A second questionnaire was developed and pretested. Improvements were incorporated into a revised instrument consisting of fifty-five statements and Round II was submitted to seventy panelists., They were asked to rate each statement on two Likert-type five point scales indicating their perception of the desirability and feasibility for the university's new library building program. The responses were tabulated and the median was calculated. In Round III, the fifty-five statements, with the Round II median responses circled, were sent to sixty-seven participants. The panelists were asked to consider the statements again, and if their rating differed from the median response to change their rating to the median or briefly state the reason for their divergent view. Fifty-seven panelists responded and consensus was achieved in fifty-four statements regarding desirability, and fifty-three statements regarding feasibility., Statements top-rated "very desirable" and "definitely feasible" dealt with the building's central location and access to it, energy efficiency lighting, air conditioning and heating, and humidity control. Self-service copy capability and special provisions for handicapped patrons were also top-rated on both scales., Additional microform facilities, an electronic book and journal security system, and expansion of the bound journal collection were rated "very desirable" and "possibly feasible" as was facilitating the information transfer process by computerization and network membership. An elective course in how to use the library's resources was rated "definitely feasible" and "desirable"., Findings. (1) The Delphi technique did provide useful data for consideration for the library building program at Florida Institute of Technology. (2) Fifty-four statements achieved consensus on the desirability scale with an average degree of 86.5%. On the feasibility scale fifty-three statements achieved consensus with an average degree of 85.5%. The three rounds of questionnaires gave the study's director and the participants greater insight into the planning/problem area, and the respondents did evaluate the proposed alternatives. Therefore, the consensual, heuristic, and evaluative goals of the technique were accomplished. (3) There was dramatic movement toward the consensual viewpoint between Round II and III. Analysis of score changes indicated that approximately half the respondents in each sub-group changed score to the consensual response. (4) Library oriented goals such as a high number of volumes and seating spaces, computer assisted instruction, and comprehensive audio-visual capability were ranked lower than energy efficiency; lighting, air conditioning and heating, and humidity control; and self-service copy capability. (5) There was a high degree of correlation (SQRT.(s = .84) between what was perceived as desirable and feasible by the respondents.
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Date Issued: 1980, 1980
Identifier: AAI8104260, 3084759, FSDT3084759, fsu:74260
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Title: THE USE OF THE CLINICAL ANALYSIS QUESTIONNAIRE IN THE SELECTION OF POLICE OFFICERS: A VALIDATION STUDY.
Creator: HART, RION NEUMANN., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The potential usefulness of the Clinical Analysis Questionnaire (CAQ) in the selection of police officers was explored in a two-part discriminative analysis and classification study. Five hundred sixty-five police applicants were given the CAQ prior to receiving a standard psychological evaluation, which resulted in 129 being rejected as psychologically unsuited for policework; 436 were accepted into the police academy for training. In Part I, the CAQs of the accepted and rejected applicants...
Show moreThe potential usefulness of the Clinical Analysis Questionnaire (CAQ) in the selection of police officers was explored in a two-part discriminative analysis and classification study. Five hundred sixty-five police applicants were given the CAQ prior to receiving a standard psychological evaluation, which resulted in 129 being rejected as psychologically unsuited for policework; 436 were accepted into the police academy for training. In Part I, the CAQs of the accepted and rejected applicants were subjected to a discriminant analysis and classified according to the derived discriminant functions: overall proportion of correct predictions--white males, .63; black males, .73; hispanic males, .92; females, .94. In Part II, the CAQS of those cadets who successfully completed training and probation were compared with those of cadets who terminated while performing inadequately: overall proportion of correct predictions--white males, .70; black males, .84; hispanic males, .82; females, .97. It would appear, based on this study, that the CAQ offers some usefulness in police officer selection. Any definitive statement as to its applicability should await its trial combination with other dependent predictor variables relevant to police selection and a cross-validation to determine the shrinkage in the prediction rate to be expected.
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Date Issued: 1981, 1981
Identifier: AAI8205722, 3085182, FSDT3085182, fsu:74677
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Title: THE USE OF SELF-ASSESSMENTS AND WRITTEN TESTS FOR MAKING INSERVICE TEACHER TRAINING DECISIONS.
Creator: KNIGHT, MICHAEL ROBERT., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of using self-assessment and written test scores for making inservice teacher education decisions. This involved: (a) determining whether prospective teachers' self-assessment and written test scores are valid indicators of their actual performance on given teaching skills; (b) comparing the validities of self-assessments and competency test scores; (c) comparing inservice teacher classification decisions based on self-assessments and...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine the validity of using self-assessment and written test scores for making inservice teacher education decisions. This involved: (a) determining whether prospective teachers' self-assessment and written test scores are valid indicators of their actual performance on given teaching skills; (b) comparing the validities of self-assessments and competency test scores; (c) comparing inservice teacher classification decisions based on self-assessments and written test scores; and (d) determining the extent of misclassifications resulting from the use of both sources of assessment data. Thirty-five student teachers and their classroom supervising teacher volunteered to participate in this study., Three instruments were constructed for the study. The Self-Assessment Inventory assessed student teachers' perceptions of their ability to demonstrate thirty-one teaching skills during a ten-week internship period. The Student Competency Test assessed their knowledge and understanding of the same thirty-one skills. Supervising teachers assessed student teachers' actual classroom performance on the given skills through summative ratings on the Teacher Assessment Inventory. All instruments were administered during the last week of the internship period., Nonparametric statistics and regression analysis were used to examine the differences and relationships between student teachers' self-assessments, written test scores, and actual performance ratings. Findings from this study suggest that: (a) student teachers' self-assessments were significantly higher (p < .05) than their written test scores; no differences existed between their self-assessments and performance ratings; and their written test scores were significantly lower (p < .05) than their performance ratings; (b) there was no relationship between student teachers' self-assessments and performance ratings; a significant, but weak (p < .05) relationship existed between their written test scores and performance ratings; and a significant (p < .05) relationship existed between their combined self-assessment and written test scores and their performance ratings; and (c) the use of self-assessments, written test scores, and the combination of the two for making inservice teacher training classification decisions resulted in making classification errors of 40, 69, and 23 percent, respectively.
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Date Issued: 1981, 1981
Identifier: AAI8205728, 3085153, FSDT3085153, fsu:74648
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Title: THE USE OF HANDWRITING AND COPYING RATE FOR PREDICTING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND ASSIGNMENT COMPLETION (SPEED, COMPONENTS, NORMS, LEARNING DISABILITIES, DYSGRAPHIA).
Creator: COUVILLION, PATRICIA MURDAY., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Both handwriting rate (copying a grade-level reading passage) and copying rate (copying a familiar, easy reading passage) accounted for a significant amount of variance in predicting Iowa Test of Basic Skills subtests, report card grade point averages and assignment completion scores for 527 fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students from the Indianapolis Public School System. Five-minute graphic samples were more predictive than one-minute samples. The five-minute handwriting task was the...
Show moreBoth handwriting rate (copying a grade-level reading passage) and copying rate (copying a familiar, easy reading passage) accounted for a significant amount of variance in predicting Iowa Test of Basic Skills subtests, report card grade point averages and assignment completion scores for 527 fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students from the Indianapolis Public School System. Five-minute graphic samples were more predictive than one-minute samples. The five-minute handwriting task was the best overall predictor. Female students wrote significantly faster than males, and their rates were less predictive than the male students'. Age, IQ, visual-motor speed and motor speed all were significant predictors of handwriting/copying speed; however, visual-motor speed was consistently the best predictor. Handwriting means were compared with previously published norms. Implication of results and usefulness of handwriting rate tests are discussed.
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Date Issued: 1985, 1985
Identifier: AAI8529555, 3086204, FSDT3086204, fsu:75687
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Title: THE USE OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN A RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOL GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM.
Creator: CLEVELAND, LINDA CRAWFORD., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study investigated the development of a program which used members of the community as adjunct instructional personnel for rural, gifted and talented secondary students. The researcher reviewed literature related to identification of gifted and talented students, utilization of community volunteers in instructional programs, and development of community resource files. Using information gained from the literature, criteria for selecting participants were established, and 17 gifted and...
Show moreThis study investigated the development of a program which used members of the community as adjunct instructional personnel for rural, gifted and talented secondary students. The researcher reviewed literature related to identification of gifted and talented students, utilization of community volunteers in instructional programs, and development of community resource files. Using information gained from the literature, criteria for selecting participants were established, and 17 gifted and talented 12th grade students--7 males and 10 females--were identified. A plan for building a community resource file was developed, and the file was built. Units of instruction in the areas of art, music, and writing were developed by the researcher. Thirty-one community volunteers were used to field test the model program. The Kuder Preference Record Form C and a student questionnaire developed by the researcher were administered to participants at the beginning and completion of the program to determine its effects on vocational interests and student perceptions of the program, their community, and the use of volunteers. Upon completion of the program, a researcher developed questionnaire concerning reasons for participation, understanding of aims and problems of the school, and value of the program in terms of personal gratification was administered to the volunteers. Overall findings of the study indicated that an educational model using community volunteers could be developed to provide an appropriate education for gifted and talented secondary students. Perceptions of both groups indicated that community volunteers could be effectively used as instructional personnel. Improved communication resulting from interaction between school and community and the effects on student learning would indicate that programs using community resources be expanded to other students.
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Date Issued: 1980, 1980
Identifier: AAI8108183, 3084804, FSDT3084804, fsu:74305
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Title: THE USE OF ANGER AROUSAL AND ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING TO IMPROVE THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF WITHDRAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE UNDERACHIEVERS.
Creator: LOOS, FERN MARIE., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Fourteen withdrawn second grade children and 22 withdrawn third graders referred by their teachers as underachievers in math, participated in a study comparing the effects on math performance of an Experimental treatment employing anger-arousal and assertive-training with an Attention-placebo Control treatment emphasizing encouragement and feedback. Blood pressure readings were taken to determine the validity of the Experimental treatment in producing anger. Subjects were not tutored....
Show moreFourteen withdrawn second grade children and 22 withdrawn third graders referred by their teachers as underachievers in math, participated in a study comparing the effects on math performance of an Experimental treatment employing anger-arousal and assertive-training with an Attention-placebo Control treatment emphasizing encouragement and feedback. Blood pressure readings were taken to determine the validity of the Experimental treatment in producing anger. Subjects were not tutored. Treatment sessions lasted for 15-minutes each day for six weeks. Both second and third grade Experimental Subjects were able to increase their performance in math by one to two letter grades over baseline, and maintain these gains during a three week follow-up period. Control subjects' performances did not improve. Diastolic blood pressure readings reliably differentiated between Experimental and Control Subjects, and supported the efficacy of the Experiment treatment in reliably producing anger.
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Date Issued: 1980, 1980
Identifier: AAI8026128, 3084695, FSDT3084695, fsu:74196
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