A Study of the Knowledge and Skills Required of Welders in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area (open access)

A Study of the Knowledge and Skills Required of Welders in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area

This study was designed to identify the knowledge and skills that welders employed in certain areas of manufacturing and fabrication in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Metropolitan Area should possess.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Slaughter, Franklin D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Achievement and Term Grades of Beginning Drafting Students in College Relating to Their High School Drawing Instruction (open access)

A Study of Achievement and Term Grades of Beginning Drafting Students in College Relating to Their High School Drawing Instruction

This study was to ascertain what relationship exists between the semester grades earned by students enrolled in the beginning drafting course at North Texas State University and the number of years of mechanical drawing that the student had in high school.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Stotts, Richard L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Ecological Survey of the Reptiles and Amphibians of Wise county, Texas (open access)

An Ecological Survey of the Reptiles and Amphibians of Wise county, Texas

The purpose of this study was to record the relationships between the reptiles and amphibians of Wise County and the ecological subdivisions of the area. Wise County was chosen because of the heterogenity of the area and because of its proximity to other counties which have been previously and similarly studied.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Welch, Donald A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Individual, Social, and Seasonal Behavior of the Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) (open access)

Individual, Social, and Seasonal Behavior of the Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus)

The purpose of this study is to provide a qualitative, detailed description of individual and social behavior in a free-living population of thirteen-lined ground squirrels. Behavioral differences in relation to various periods of the annual cycle are also evaluated.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Wistrand, Harry E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Rigidity of Regional Boundaries as Found in Mental Retardates (open access)

A Study of the Rigidity of Regional Boundaries as Found in Mental Retardates

Previous studies on retardates with rigidity of boundaries phenomena have not been concerned with the presence of brain injury. The primary objective of this experiment was to ascertain the degree of difference in rigidity between brain injured and non-brain injured retardates.
Date: January 1965
Creator: Williams, Regnal Allen
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relation of Selected Background Variables of Negro Girls of Metropolitan High Schools to their Curriculum Interests in Foods (open access)

The Relation of Selected Background Variables of Negro Girls of Metropolitan High Schools to their Curriculum Interests in Foods

It is the purpose of the present study to add to the growing source of information, so valuable to curriculum makers, by studying the relationship of certain background variables to the Negro girl's curriculum in foods. The background variables included in this study are age, siblings, residence, father's occupation, and mother's education.
Date: January 1962
Creator: Chatmon, Bettie C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Group Dimension Measurement in a Southern Baptist Church (open access)

Group Dimension Measurement in a Southern Baptist Church

The purpose of this study is to get some concrete evidence that group principles can be applied to church groups in an effective manner. The more immediate purpose is to improve the relations in the individual classes so that they will have a feeling of belongingness, relatedness, or close affiliation. It is the purpose of this experiment to help these individuals find the fulfillment of their personal needs that can be supplied in the Sunday School class.
Date: January 1962
Creator: Patterson, Nelton Duward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Aspects of Self-Concept (open access)

Some Aspects of Self-Concept

The purpose of this study is fourfold: (1) to investigate any differences in self-concept scores of a normal (adjusted) and abnormal (maladjusted) population; (2) to investigate any difference in self-concept scores between psychotic and non-psychotic hospitalized patients, (3) to investigate changes in self-concept concomitant with psychotherapy, and (4) to investigate any sex differences in self-concept.
Date: January 1962
Creator: Ratliff, William Randall
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Influence of Configuration and Letter Sequence on Recognition Thresholds of Words (open access)

The Influence of Configuration and Letter Sequence on Recognition Thresholds of Words

The purpose of this study is to attempt to determine what influence configuration and/or letter sequence have on the recognition thresholds of words. It is felt that low configuration and/or rare letter sequences will result in lower recognition thresholds, while high configuration and/or common letter sequence will result in higher recognition thresholds when stimulus words are presented to subjects by means of a tachistoscope.
Date: January 1962
Creator: Stewart, James C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Physical Education Programs of Negro Elementary Schools of Texas (open access)

A Study of Physical Education Programs of Negro Elementary Schools of Texas

The study is an evaluation of the physical education programs of ninety-one elementary Negro schools of Texas. The following purposes were established for the study: 1) to obtain information concerning the administration, conduct, and scope of physical education programs in Negro elementary schools of Texas; 2) to evaluate the physical education programs of selected Negro elementary schools of Texas on the basis of criteria such as Texas Education Association and documentary sources; and 3) to make recommendations for future development of the physical education programs in the Negro elementary schools of Texas.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Holmes, Charles Murphy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationship of Personality Traits of Students in the Same Major Field of Study and of Students in Different Major Fields of Study (open access)

Relationship of Personality Traits of Students in the Same Major Field of Study and of Students in Different Major Fields of Study

The purpose of this study is to investigate the similarity in personality traits among students in the same major field of study and the difference in personality traits between students in different fields of major study. Investigation will also be made of the relationship between vocational interests of the subjects and their major fields of study.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Robbins, Wm. Callaway
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Recommendations of the Members of the North Texas Industrial Arts Association Relative to the Industrial Arts Programs of Eight State-Supported Institutions of Higher Learning (open access)

A Study of the Recommendations of the Members of the North Texas Industrial Arts Association Relative to the Industrial Arts Programs of Eight State-Supported Institutions of Higher Learning

The purpose of this thesis is two-fold: first, to study the current requirements for the baccalaureate degree in industrial arts in eight state-supported institutions; and second, to compare the recommendations of the members of the North Texas Industrial Arts Association with the existing programs in industrial arts in the state-supported institutions to determine what should constitute an adequate program for the prospective teacher in industrial arts.
Date: January 1965
Creator: Sebastian, Jimmy W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Facilities and Processes of Finishing Recommended for Industry as Compared with Facilities Available and Processes Used in Ninety-five Industrial Arts Shops in Texas Schools (open access)

A Study of Facilities and Processes of Finishing Recommended for Industry as Compared with Facilities Available and Processes Used in Ninety-five Industrial Arts Shops in Texas Schools

This is a study of the facilities and processes used in finishing wood and metal projects used in industry as compared with facilities available and the processes used in industrial arts programs in one hundred Texas schools.
Date: January 1955
Creator: Brank, Alfred M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Development of Fire Insurance Rating in Texas (open access)

The Development of Fire Insurance Rating in Texas

This study is concerned briefly with (1) tracing the evolution of fire insurance and fire insurance rate making; (2) an explanation of the present most prominent rate making systems in the United States; and (3) a detailed analysis of fire insurance rating in Texas.
Date: January 1955
Creator: Haun, William Howard
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationships between Level of Aspiration and Psychological Needs at the College Level (open access)

Relationships between Level of Aspiration and Psychological Needs at the College Level

The concept of level of aspiration bears directly on goal setting behavior; it is a convenient and important variable in understanding human motivation in a variety of situations. Thus it was the purpose of this study to investigate the relationships between levels of aspiration and the psychological needs of achievement, dominance, autonomy, change, and aggression.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Skelton, Sanford Kent
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Relative Ego Strengths of Two Prison Groups and a Non-Prison Group as Measured by the IES Test (open access)

A Comparison of the Relative Ego Strengths of Two Prison Groups and a Non-Prison Group as Measured by the IES Test

This study was concerned with the differences between two types of prisoners on a personality dimension and differences between these prison groups an a non-prison population. The impetus for this study stemmed from the development of a new test designed to scientifically measure the Freudian concept of the personality structures, the id, ego, and superego.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Stevenson, David Michael
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship between Scholastic Motivation and Psychological Needs (open access)

The Relationship between Scholastic Motivation and Psychological Needs

The present study was designed to investigate, in an academic situation, the relation between achievement motivation--a "wish to master" or "desire to do well"--and certain psychological needs by the use of two psychometric instruments. These instruments were the Brown-Holzman Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes (SSHA) and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS).
Date: January 1966
Creator: Welborn, Charles B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 13th Congressional District in Transition: a Preliminary Analysis of Representation (open access)

The 13th Congressional District in Transition: a Preliminary Analysis of Representation

The relationship between the representative and the reapportioned district is the central feature of the present study as it attempts to assess selected facets of the 13th Congressional District in transition.
Date: January 1967
Creator: Bryant, Stephen N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Association between Reported Denominational Affiliation and Psychiatric Diagnosis: a Study of First Admissions to a Private Psychiatric Hospital, 1960-1963 (open access)

The Association between Reported Denominational Affiliation and Psychiatric Diagnosis: a Study of First Admissions to a Private Psychiatric Hospital, 1960-1963

The present study examines the relationship of diagnosis and denominational affiliation in light of the work of Charles Glock and Rodney Stark. The major hypothesis of the study was that diagnoses of first admissions to Timberlawn sanitarium would vary by denominational affiliation.
Date: January 1967
Creator: Cochran, Carole Makeig
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Interaction between Pupils and Student Teachers and Ratings of Teaching Effectiveness (open access)

A Study of the Interaction between Pupils and Student Teachers and Ratings of Teaching Effectiveness

There are three purposes of this study: (1) to determine the degree of interaction between pupils and student teachers and teaching effectiveness as rated by pupils; (2) to determine the significance of difference of pupil ratings between those who express "more" and those who express "less interest" in the course taught by the student teacher whom they were asked to rate; and (3) to study other variables such as sex, age, and achievement in order to show how they relate to pupil and student teacher interaction.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Drawhorn, Curtis L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unionism in Texas: 1860-1867 (open access)

Unionism in Texas: 1860-1867

This thesis studies the issue of unionism in Texas during the era of the Civil War.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Haynes, Billy Dwayne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Human Relations Case Problems in the Aircraft Industry in the North Texas Area (open access)

Human Relations Case Problems in the Aircraft Industry in the North Texas Area

The specific purpose of this investigation is to compile selected case problems for use in teaching human relations by the case method. This investigation will include those case situations that involve many of the factors that cause differences of opinion and friction between individuals or groups. The cases selected are limited to those that actually became the subject of a grievance in the aircraft industry of the Dallas-Fort Worth area of North Texas.
Date: January 1954
Creator: McCauley, Jerome Brooks
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Cultural, Physiological, Morphological and Chemical Characteristics of an Actinomycete from Lake Waco, Texas (open access)

The Cultural, Physiological, Morphological and Chemical Characteristics of an Actinomycete from Lake Waco, Texas

The purpose then of this paper has been to expand our knowledge of these aquatic forms by investigating the cultural, physiological, morphological, and chemical characteristics of an actinomycete isolated from the water supply, Lake Waco, of Waco, Texas.
Date: January 1954
Creator: McCormick, William C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of Hiring Procedures and Job Requirements for Beginning Clerical Workers in Selected Firms in Belton and Temple, Texas (open access)

A Survey of Hiring Procedures and Job Requirements for Beginning Clerical Workers in Selected Firms in Belton and Temple, Texas

This study was an analysis of the hiring procedures and job requirements for beginning clerical workers in selected firms in Belton and Temple, Texas. The study specifically attempted to determine the minimum employment standards for clerical workers and to determine the procedures used in screening applicants for employment.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Crain, Gayle R.
System: The UNT Digital Library