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Creator:: Sharkansky, Benjamin I.
Abstract:: Clear and unbiased question wording is important to obtaining consistent and accurate survey results. However, if the goal is not to obtain accurate results but instead to obtain a specific result, then altering question wording may be effective. To examine this possibility, we created a survey with 9 different versions...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Question Wording as a Method of Skewing Reported Opinions. by Benjamin Sharkansky A THESIS submitted to

Creator:: Scaggs, Shane A.
Abstract:: Two striking characteristics of human beings are the diversity of resources that we use to sustain our lives and the extent to which we engage in coordinated, collective efforts to obtain and consume these resources. Together, these two characteristics are the foundation of human subsistence patterns. In many remote Alaskan...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Shane A. Scaggs for the

Creator:: Carrothers, Samantha M.
Abstract:: The Hippocratic Oath has served as the standard for ethical conduct for physicians and scientists alike since its establishment in 400BCE. In stating, “according to my ability and judgement, I will keep this Oath and this contract…” and through the use of other language, the Hippocratic Oath implies that the...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Samantha Carrothers A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University

Creator:: Plackowski, Emily F.
Abstract:: About one-quarter of the U.S. adult population lives with a disability, yet ableist presentations of disability as a tragedy in need of a cure (i.e., the medical model) continue to predominate, even in higher education. Previous, qualitative research showed that people with disabilities (PWDs) desire changes in individual and societal...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ____________________________________________________ Kathleen R. Bogart About one-quarter of the U.S. adult population lives with a

Creator:: Kagan, James S., Brunner, Rachel L., and Christy, John A.
Abstract:: This classification is an update of the 2004 classification of native vegetation of Oregon by Kagan, Christy, Murray and Titus. As before, this classification lists the native plant associations known to occur in Oregon, and includes both successional and climax vegetation types that were part of the presettlement landscape of...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: VEGETATION OF OREGON – 2019 James S. Kagan, Rachel L. Brunner, and John A. Christy: Oregon Biodiversity

Creator:: Beshur, Athena D.
Abstract:: Through well designed tree placement, redundant use of simple technologies, and stewardship, trees grow. Over time, they mitigate stormwater flooding and enhance livability. This paper offers insights into precipitation patterns, and how small scale redundancy can help build the urban tree canopy. It is specifically geared toward issues in the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Beshur A. 2019 Southwest Urban Forestry Design reduced size Place

Creator:: Zentgraf, Diane M.
Abstract:: Over the past 42 years clay smoking pipes have been excavated from two U.S. army posts, Fort Hoskins (35BE15) and Fort Yamhill (35PO75) and curated at Oregon State University. These two forts were established in Western Oregon in 1856 and by 1866 both had been decommissioned. Numerous theses have focused...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: on the lives of the men assigned to the forts, but none have focused on the clay pipe, a ubiquitous

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