Pants have become a seemingly necessary part of the average
American woman's wardrobe and may be worn for nearly every occasion.
However, many women have indicated that when conventional
methods of construction were used for pants-making, the pants did
not conform to their expectation of good fit. Observation showed that...
The purpose of this study was to determine the actual retirement
income for a selected group of retired persons from Oregon
State University in order to obtain a more comprehensive understanding
of the factors affecting retirement benefits. Statistical
data on the records of 122 retired employes who were members and...
Twenty mentally retarded teen-age girls living at Fairview Hospital and Training Center in Salem, Oregon, were selected to be included in this study. The purpose of the study was to attempt to determine if institutionalized mentally retarded teen-age girls are able to benefit through a class dealing with personal grooming...
Project work of 4-H club members has been traditionally evaluated by a judge who awarded it a ribbon which denoted the project's quality. In Oregon several counties have tried a judge-member discussion period during which the judge and club member together evaluate the member's project in an attempt to improve...
The study was undertaken to determine
1) The types, numbers and status (previously owned
or newly purchased) of the household furnishings
2) The types and amounts of selected personal
belongings
3) Adequacy of storage space provided
4) Selected activity patterns
of a specific group of retired women living in one...
The purpose of this study was to construct a measuring instrument
involving attitudes toward money. Seven scales were developed
using the Likert method of summated ratings. Five of these were
shown to be acceptably reliable for use in measuring attitudes of
groups similar to the standardization group of 4-H youth...
The purpose of this study was to gain information regarding
interrelationships among homemakers' expressed satisfaction with
their houses, their expressed hierarchy of values and house design
scores.
The sample consisted of 40 homemakers who lived in owner-occupied residences located in Corvallis, Oregon, constructed since
1955, and ranging in size from...
Approximately 4,210 feet of Late Cretaceous and 1,440 feet of Tertiary sedimentary rocks are exposed in the Salt Wells Anticline area of southcentral Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Late Cretaceous units include the Blair, Rock Springs, Ericson, and Almond Formations of the Mesaverde Group and the Lewis Shale; Tertiary units include the...