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Furniture utilization in apartment living

Creator:: Rupe, Carol Elaine
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the pieces of furniture apartment residents had purchased and their use of this furniture within the spatial limitations of their apartments. Comparisons were made between long-term and short-term apartment residents and respective demographic characteristics, furniture purchase patterns, attitudes toward the functional aspects...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

An integrated approach to financial crisis management: a study of social, family, and personal resources unique to individuals in a financial crisis situation

Creator:: Brandt-Erichsen, Joan
Abstract:: This study assessed social, family, and personal resources available to individuals in a financial crisis situation utilizing mailed questionnaires. The sample consisted of 74 subjects in two groups: (1) individuals in a financial crisis situation, identified by their participation in a Consumer Credit Counseling Service program and referred to in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The outcomes of the use of a Structured Observation Scale in supervising secondary student teachers

Creator:: Rutanawilai, Saowaporn
Abstract:: This study was undertaken to determine if the structured observation of student teaching affects student teacher performance. A Structured Observation Scale (SOS), as an instrument for student teaching classroom observation, and a Satisfaction Scale (SS), to assess the satisfaction of cooperating teachers, student teachers, and university supervisors with the observation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Factors that influence electronics technicians to participate in work-related training

Creator:: Kuo, Chu-hsun
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that influence electronics technicians to participate in work-related training and to explain the relationships among those factors. Based on Steers and Rhodes' Employees Attendance Process Model, the subjects' willingness to participate in work-related training was regarded as an indicator of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Occupants' satisfaction and problems among four categories of passive solar systems

Creator:: Malroutu, Yamini Lakshmi
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine if occupants' satisfaction and problems with their houses differed by four categories of passive solar systems. The four categories were: 1) south facing window, 2) sunspace, 3) south facing window + sunspace, and 4) south facing window + sunspace + Trombe wall....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Needs assessment of Oregon home-based business owners

Creator:: Oelschlaeger, Irmtraud
Abstract:: This exploratory study examined Oregon home-based business owners' needs and their willingness to participate in selected educational activities. The specific objectives of the study were: (1) to determine home-based business owners' needs in the areas of Planning and Evaluation, Marketing and Sales, Finance, Laws and Regulations, Product and Quality Control,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Architectural and social comparisons of English manor houses, 1260-1735

Creator:: Hagerty, Dorothy Dean
Abstract:: This comparison study involved the exploration of architecture and social life of the thirteenth century Medieval, sixteenth century Tudor and eighteenth century Georgian periods. Within the architectural and social categories, the specific objective was to examine the changes in the five hundred year period. Three specific houses were chosen as...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Housing for nuclear and single parent families : a comparison by two methods

Creator:: Asam, Susan Lynn
Abstract:: The vast majority of housing in the United States today has been created to conform to a family definition that does not match current demographic realities. The "traditional family" - a married couple with an employed husband, a homemaker wife, and several children has been the model family that housing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Identification and analysis of factors that influence adult students to participate in distance learning programs

Creator:: Rasmussen, Clyde A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine: what factors are important in influencing adult students to participate in distance learning programs; 2) whether students prefer interactive television or instructional television. A review of the literature identified items that were considered Important to students participating in distance learning programs. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Management strategies and time use in food preparation in two-parent, two-child Utah families

Creator:: Steggell, Carmen Dobson
Abstract:: The management of the home has been a central component of Home Economics since the early 1900s. It is, however, an enigmatic behavior that has not yielded easily to research. Recognizing that meal provision and food consumption by families incorporate management processes and occur on a regular and frequent basis,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Furniture utilization in apartment living

An integrated approach to financial crisis management: a study of social, family, and personal resources unique to individuals in a financial crisis situation

The outcomes of the use of a Structured Observation Scale in supervising secondary student teachers

Factors that influence electronics technicians to participate in work-related training

Occupants' satisfaction and problems among four categories of passive solar systems

Needs assessment of Oregon home-based business owners

Architectural and social comparisons of English manor houses, 1260-1735

Housing for nuclear and single parent families : a comparison by two methods

Identification and analysis of factors that influence adult students to participate in distance learning programs

Management strategies and time use in food preparation in two-parent, two-child Utah families

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