This research addresses the relationship between television
programming and body image. It specifically investigates what the Music
Television network's (MTV) dance show, "The Grind," communicates
about female body image. Two studies were conducted. Study one used
seven coders from a western United States high school to record female
body images...
Learning disabled students in special education
programs have not been demonstrating equal achievement
gains in reading when compared to their non-handicapped
peers.
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects
of Accelerated Learning methods in teaching reading to ten
learning disabled middle school students in southwest
Washington.
Accelerated...
Adolescent pregnancy is a major social problem which results in negative psychological, medical, developmental,
economic and educational consequences for both mother and child. A review of the literature examined psychological and sociocultural factors and negative consequences associated with adolescent pregnancy. There has been little research on age specific differences between...
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Women entrepreneurs are an economic force within the American and Oregon economy. Women are starting businesses at two to five times the rate of men. There has been significant research detailing the demographics, barriers, and business management skills of women business owners. Yet, the research to date has been limited...
The recent focus on transition from school to working
life has created a growing concern in Oregon about teachers
with elementary certification as their initial certification
who earn a special education certificate and teach students
with disabilities in secondary settings. Thus, the purpose
of this study was to investigate the...
International tourism is a rapidly growing industry. It
is also an important revenue source for certain countries
and regions. Therefore, accurate forecasting is called for
by those countries and regions. The main purpose of this
research is to use multiple regression analysis to estimate
equations for forecasting tourism demand by...
We developed and investigated machine learning methods that require
minimal preprocessing of the input data, use few training examples, run fast, and
still obtain high levels of accuracy.
Most approaches to designing machine learning programs are based on the
supervised learning paradigm – training examples are chosen randomly and given...