Oregon College of Education (OCE) is a small, liberal arts college with a special emphasis on the preparation of teachers. Its student population is predominantly from Oregon's Willamette Valley area. OCE developed specific objectives for its teacher education program and the purpose of this study was to determine whether the...
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...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between moral development and year in school, gender, and personality type for university undergraduates. Moral development was measured by the Defining Issues Test (DIT) and personality was assessed using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The sample consisted of 320 freshmen,...
This thesis advocates the use of maximum likelihood analysis for generalized
regression models with measurement error in a single explanatory variable. This will be
done first by presenting a computational algorithm and the numerical details for carrying
out this algorithm on a wide variety of models. The computational methods will...
Vibrio marinus, strain MP-1, was shown to grow from pH 6.7
to 8.5, with an optimum at 7.3. Growth was inhibited below salinity
10%₀ and above 60%₀ . The upper temperature limit of
growth was 20 C, and growth was very rapid with aeration at 15 C.
Heating of the...
This thesis considers the problem of estimating the linear
parameters of generalized linear models (GLM), especially binomial
and Poisson regression models, when the explanatory variable is
subject to measurement error. In this situation, the dependence of
the response variable on the observed explanatory variable cannot
typically be modeled as a...
Evaluating the success or failure of work force training programs is most often accomplished through the reporting of "objective" data. Rarely are the students' views of their own success in such a training program formally solicited or applied in any useful way. But participant perceptions can be a critical barometer...