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Influential product characteristics of apparel product performance as measured in profit
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This study investigated what previous studies have suggested as influential product characteristics of apparel product performance in an effort to prove the statistical significance of those characteristics. One hundred and two participants were...
Empirical likelihood approach estimation of structural equation models
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This thesis provides a preliminary investigation of empirical likelihood approach estimation of structural equation models. An auxiliary variable approach built on general estimating equation methods in the EL settings is ...
Satisfaction across a multi-day outdoor recreation event
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
. Additional statistics were computed to determine; if satisfaction differed within demographic profiles (Kruskal-Wallis), significant difference of attributes throughout the week (ANOVA), and significant differences between overall satisfaction with the day...
The effects of cooperation scripts and technology implementation on cooperative learning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
. The experimental study adopted a mixed design with a counterbalanced within-subject design. Results showed that there were statistically significant differences on self-efficacy based on cooperation script, and on task value based on goal orientation. Cooperation...
Estimates of school productivity and implications for policy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
School productivity was not perfectly estimated because of the sampling error and the measurement error. The traditional Ordinary Least Square (OLS) leaves the estimation of school productivity questionable. Moreover, ...
Inflation and seigniorage studies in Africa
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This paper explores the link between inflation and seigniorage, which is the revenue governments get from printing money. My research uses data from twenty-nine African countries in the time period 1981 to 2005 to find the ...
Cultural framing of diabetes from a public health perspective: a comparative content analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This content analysis of 161 newspaper articles identified public health facts and socio-cultural schema within two Los Angeles County newspapers, La Opinión and the Daily News of Los Angeles. It extended Rodgers and Thorson's (2001) crime...
Housing subsidy and self-perception of well-being : does housing subsidy make a difference in residents' perception of their physical and mental health?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
. Around the country, individuals are being moved from their homes in public housing into Section 8 housing. This study, conducted in Columbia, Missouri, (a mid-sized Midwestern town) compared Section 8 and public housing residents in terms of perceived...
Psychometric properties of the School Leader Practice Survey (SLPS) to determine Missouri school superintendent perceptions about Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) standards performance indicators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The study of Missouri superintendent perceptions about the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards Performance Indicators was conducted to determine psychometric properties of the School Leaders ...
The spatial cross-correlation coefficient as an ultrasonic detection statistic
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
-correlation coefficient as an additional detection statistic. The correlation coefficients are calculated between A-scans digitized at adjacent measurement positions and can be formed into images that are similar to C-scan images. We also describe an approach...
Statistical analysis of multivariate interval-censored failure time data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
A voluminous literature on right-censored failure time data has been developed in the past 30 years. Due to advances in biomedical research, interval censoring has become increasingly common in medical follow-up studies. ...
The effect of rhythmic pattern instruction on the sight-reading achievement of wind instrumentalists
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
: facility, ensemble, and flow. The results of the statistical analyses revealed no significant differences between experimental and control groups. There were, however, statistically significant differences between pretest and posttest scores...
The transitional experience of home-schooled students entering public education : how can public schools better serve the home-schooled student's transition to public education?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This dissertation studied the transitional experience of home-schooled students in central/south central rural Missouri whose families decided to place them into the public school setting. Since the public school environment is markedly different...
An exploratory study of undergraduate classroom experiences and occupational attainment in alumni satisfaction with university experiences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Using the concept of viewing higher education as a consumer good, this dissertation reports the findings of a study of alums who graduated from a research-extensive university in the Midwest. The study examined the extent ...
Using conflict positioning as a pretreatment in the public's evaluation of crisis management
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
in the contingency theory, but also this study presented the public's evaluation process of a crisis at a glance. Theoretically, this study showed the applicability of conflict positioning as a proactive approach to the literatures on pre-crisis communication...
Developing and establishing the reliability and validity of the teacher perceptions of school culture survey (TPSC)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable and valid survey instrument to measure beginning teacher perceptions of their induction into the school community and culture. Data was also analyzed to determine construct ...
Factors that predict graduation among college students with disabilities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This exploratory study determined which set of student characteristics and disability-related services explains graduation among college students with disabilities. The records of 1,289 unidentified students with disabilities in three, public...
Distance and disparity: social disadvantage and the distribution of hazardous waste in America
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Since the original studies of environmental discrimination were completed in the early 1980s, many scholars have measured disproportionate proximity ...
High school principal communication and organizational knwoledge [sic] creation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
researcher-created surveys, and qualitative data were retrieved through interviews. A Pearson r correlation coefficient was utilized to determine if any statistical relationship existed between the factors of principal communication (care, change...
The role of duty-based ethics in public relations: an ethical justification model for the actions of crisis communicators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This thesis explores how duty-based ethics can aid in explaining how public relations professional employed by corporations communicate with external publics, especially when organizations are faced with crises. A content analysis examined whether...