The purpose of this study was to seek information regarding
issues around which dating decisions were made and some of the steps
college freshmen women considered in deciding for or against certain
courses of action while random and steady dating. A second more
general purpose was to determine if the...
This study, conducted with the cooperation of the Oregon Comprehensive
Health Planning Agency, Salem, had a threefold purpose:
(1) to identify the role of the physician's assistant (PA) in Oregon,
(2) to provide substantive data for recommendations regarding changes
in PA licensure, and (3) to provide information which may be...
This publication is a comprehensive account of major Federal
programs and policies relating to conservation and
development of water and related land resources and to water
pollution control in the years 1961 to 1970. It discusses most
relevant Federal legislation and the functioning of Federal and
federally-assisted programs involving research,...
The purpose of this study was to determine the importance and
the frequency of use of certain communication skills to job-entrylevel
mechanics as assessed by employers, educators at various levels,
and entry-level industrial mechanics. The study was conducted in
Lane County, Oregon. Communication skills investigated for importance
and for frequency...
The major objective of this study was to seek the reactions
of a group of supermarket managers as to what factors they felt were
necessary to a successful performance in their occupation.
One hundred eighty-four managers employed by a western-based
firm which operates stores in ten states returned questionnaires
rating...
This history concerns the scientific contributions of Charles
Babbage (1791-1871) to mathematics, to the invention of calculating
machines, and machine tools, to the development of scientific ideas
through a wide variety of scientific investigations and his involvement
in several different scientific reforms. Babbage considered himself
a philosopher in the broadest...
The purpose of this study was to determine the strengths and
weaknesses of the business program at Southern Oregon College,
Ashland, Oregon. It was assumed that former students of the Business
Division could make a rational evaluation of their college education
and so state the effectiveness of the preparation in...
The purpose of this study was to locate and analyze experimental
studies of teacher training that tested elements of Bandura's
social learning theory. Bandura's theory emphasizes the role of
modeling in the acquisition of new modes of interpersonal behavior,
and it also provides for the integration of practice and feedback...
Published March 1972. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
The purpose of this research, expressed in two coequal parts,
was: to establish a forecast of developments and an articulation of
policy options vis-a-vis postsecondary student consumerism; and to
determine if interest groups of experts differed significantly in
their evaluations of the aforementioned developments and policy
options.
The Delphi technique...