This archaeological based research uses ceramics in the study of acculturation from a site excavated by an urban archaeology contract firm, and utilizes the theories of consumer choice, ethnicity and acculturation. Artifact analysis took place in the form of minimum vessel counts, artifact relative frequencies, and Chinese artifact values, as...
This dissertation is concerned with the synagogue-affiliated
Jews of Portland, Oregon. Employing an elaborate questionnaire
this writer examined the ritual practices (home and synagogue) and
traditional beliefs of Judaism as practiced or accepted by the Orthodox,
Conservative, and Reform Jews of Portland and thereby attempted
to reach a conclusion whether...
The study was designed to determine the attitudes of intern
teachers toward specified concepts as they began their internship in
the Portland Urban Teacher Education Program and upon completion
of their intern training, prior to receiving certification through
Oregon State University. The direction and intensity of attitude change
across the...
Interrelationships among attitudes toward and practice
of nutrition and health were determined from results of
335 responses to a survey mailed to members of a prepaid
health plan in Portland, Oregon, in the Spring of 1981.
The scales used to test attitudes included Subjective
Index of General Well-Being, Health Locus...
The incidence and duration of breast feeding were determined
via telephone questionnaires from a sample of 95 women who delivered
healthy infants during the month of September 1982, in the greater
metropolitan area of Portland, Oregon. This sample was limited in
that the women were married, predominately white, over 25...