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  • An examination of terminal and instrumental values of selected Oregon State University students majoring in speech communication

    Creator:
    Maier, Pamela M.
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    This study investigated terminal and instrumental value priorities of students in various majors within an academic department. The investigator tested a sample of 99 volunteers of both sexes from several classes in the department of Speech Communication at a major land grant university by use of the Rokeach Value Survey....
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    Masters Thesis
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    Majoring in Speech Communication Abstract approved: Redacted for privacy Michael Beachley This study

  • A comparative study of two methods for measuring attenuation values of personal hearing protection devices

    Creator:
    Martin, Larry G.
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    Noise induced hearing loss is a subject of growing concern. Over the past 15 years, several well-documented studies have been completed which express the relationships between industrial noise exposure and damage to normal and pathological ears. This research has provided knowledge of considerable importance to developing successful hearing conservation programs....
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    Masters Thesis
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    attenuation values of personal hearing protection devices AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Larry G. Martin for

  • Physicians' attitudes toward hearing aids

    Creator:
    Van Kessel, Jeanette M.
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    The central purpose of this study was to examine physicians' knowledge of and attitudes toward hearing aids. This study was conducted with 71 general practitioners affiliated with Scarborough General Hospital in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. Attitude was measured by a 5-point Likert-type scale developed for the study. Knowledge was measured through...
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    Masters Thesis
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    members of the M.A.I.S. committee, including Drs. Wayne Courtney, David Lawson, Michael Coo len, my

  • A Study of the Demagoguery of Joseph Smith, Jr.

    Creator:
    Fillible, Rodney K.
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    This study Is a rhetorical analysis of ten documents of Joseph Smith, Jr's. early revelations spanning the period of 1829 to 1831 to determine the extent to which he used demagogic rhetoric in pursuit of his goals. A definition of demagoguery is provided and is applied in an analysis of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Baker Eddy of Christian Science, and Ellen G. White, oracle for the Seventh-Day Adventists. Followers

  • The rhetorical dynamics of culture : an interdisciplinary approach to a synthesis between rhetoric and culture

    Creator:
    Tobey, Toni K.
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    The frame of reference for understanding the rhetorical significance of cultural acts lies in the identification and explication of the diversity of theories which encompass sociological and anthropological definitions of culture. The paradigms presented in this thesis range from unilinear evolution, biological and environmental determinism, materialism, historical ethnology and reductionism...
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    Masters Thesis
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    a master's degree. Closer to the present, I wish to thank Dr. Michael Beachley at Oregon State

  • Communication Styles Used by Male and Female Executives to Handle Conflict with Subordinates

    Creator:
    Rahmun, Lindsay
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    This study examines the self-reported behavior and ideals of a sample of upper level managers, in relation to conflict management with subordinates. A survey developed by the author, which measures directive and participative managerial behavior and ideals, was sent to a randomly selected sample of 250 female and 250 male...
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    just mine. Michael Taylor, my loyal consultant on computers, statistics, overcoming obstacles