Based on the premise that interfirm comparison can be an effective
productivity improvement tool, productivity interfirm comparison (PIC)
methods are examined in this research. The first part is an extensive
literature review regarding the conventional interfirm comparison (IFC)
scheme accepted widely in many countries outside the United States.
Then, the...
Governments have employed special capital gains taxes to curb speculation in real estate and raise public revenue. Economic theory suggests that the introduction of a gains tax with a declining rate structure over time will induce prospective buyers to reduce their demand for land and will induce sellers to offer...
Area frame sampling for agricultural statistics is a
procedure currently used by the Statistical Reporting Service of
the US Department of Agriculture as well as by agriculture
departments in other countries. A primary advantage of the area
frame is that it provides complete coverage of the population.
In area frame...
The world sugar market does not perform in a perfect competitive
setting. This research has applied a new framework to analyze the
impacts of liberalization in international trade in sugar. The current
round of GATT negotiation has placed agricultural trade reform on top of
the list. Trade in sugar will...
To determine whether there were differences between foreign (Arab) and American student attitudes toward academic dishonesty in Oregon State University, a seventy-eight item questionnaire designed by Kirk, (1970) was adapted and administered to two hundred and eighty Arab and American graduate and undergraduate students. Three aspects of academic dishonesty were...
This study employed ethnographic methodology to investigate and record the post-camp, pre-assimilation period of Laotian refugees.The primary goal was to document the special problems and experiences of the Laotian population as they attempted to adjust to new roles and expectations within mainstream North American society.Oral histories and biographical statements focused...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of
a course of study developed at the University of Washington to provide a
career education class at the beginning of the high school experience
for special education students who are mildly handicapped in Tacoma
Public Schools. The problem was...
The purpose of this study was to determine if parents of students
could improve the motor performance of their moderately and severely
mentally retarded children through the implementation of the
Data-Based Gymnasium (DBG) Instructional Model as a supplement to the
school program. The DBG Instructional Model is an individualized
system...
The objective of this thesis is to develop and
computationally test a new algorithm for the class of
network models with generalized upper bound (GUB) side
constraints. Various algorithms have been developed to
solve the network with arbitrary side constraints problem;
however, no algorithm that exploits the special structure
of...
The purposes of this study were to determine the
effects of level (elementary and secondary), program
status (beginning, midway, and student teaching), and
demongraphic variables (experience, success, college
supervisor support, supervising teacher support,
additional support services, and school type) on
preservice teachers' attitudes toward mainstreaming. The
population consisted of 91...