The main focus was on developing an algorithm and supporting computer programs for use by extension personel to counsel farm managers on problems of enterprise choice. Investigation was initiated from the complete certainty viewpoint of linear programming. Upon introducing uncertainty, ramifications of changing expected income, variance and the correlation coefficient...
This monograph is focused around the controversy in the economic literature regarding the effects of income changes on labor force participation. In particular, this controversy arises from the opposing hypotheses: the "additional worker" and the "discouraged worker." Each hypothesis predicts different behavior in response to falling income or rising unemployment....
Purpose of the Study
The education of culturally diverse children has been one of the
focuses of education since the early 1960's. One of the factors
influencing education's inability to deal with the needs of culturally
diverse children is the lack of teacher's foundational knowledge of
language and linguistics as...
Male dominance in conversation is encouraged by the adult
socialization pattern in which men routinely interrupt the conversation
of women and develop a topic out of turn.
The purpose of this study was to investigate verbal interruptive
behavior by utilizing an experimental approach focusing on children's
interruptions and teacher responses...
Nature of the Phenomenon
The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine if the
predisposition of counselor candidates on selected factors found to be
associated with effective counseling, upon entering a counselor education
program, was predictive of effective counselors at the end of that
program.
Hypotheses
Two central hypotheses...
Two diverse genotypes of tall fescue, Festuca arundinacea Schreb (6X=42), with normal fertility, produced upon intercrossing, vigorous F
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hybrid plants that were sterile. One parent genotype (P₁)
was from P. I. 234-906, introduced from Switzerland and the other
(P₉) was an introduction from Turkey, P. I. 174-209. P₁
and...
Elasticity properties of wood studs are essential inputs for
the structural analysis of wood-stud wall systems.
A theoretical procedure was developed to determine the probability
distributions for the deflection-load relations of stud samples.
The procedure is based on the finite element analysis and a Monte-
Carlo type simulation and accounts...
Statement of the Problem
The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine
if a valid and reliable assessment instrument could be
developed to measure the cultural competence of counselor
trainees.
Hypotheses
Five hypotheses were generated to establish the reliability
and validity of the instrument. The instrument consisted
of two...