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The Cosmopolitan-Local Orientation of Aged Blacks and Whites in Denton, Texas (open access)

The Cosmopolitan-Local Orientation of Aged Blacks and Whites in Denton, Texas

This paper defines the difference between "cosmopolitans" and "locals" in Denton, Texas, as they relate to the aged black and white communities.
Date: December 1973
Creator: Weisel, Jonathan Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Marital, Sex and Occupational Status of Dramatic Characters on Commercial Television (open access)

An Analysis of Marital, Sex and Occupational Status of Dramatic Characters on Commercial Television

The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the characters portrayed on "prime-time" television drama in an attempt to determine how they compared, with the distribution represented in U. S. Census Bureau data for sex, marital status and occupational status. In pursuing this objective, it was also concerned with the development of a method of content analysis that would not require use of a videotape recorder.
Date: August 1973
Creator: Holloway, Fred S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cross-cultural Perceptions of Physiognomy : Single-factor Variation (open access)

Cross-cultural Perceptions of Physiognomy : Single-factor Variation

The problem of this study is to compare character judgments of a sample Korean population with character judgments of a sample American population, based upon viewing a sample of Caucasian photographs. Both Korean and American sample populations and photographs comprising the instrument are determined by random sampling techniques.
Date: August 1973
Creator: Turner, Billy M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Factorial Ecology of Dallas County (open access)

A Factorial Ecology of Dallas County

The "Factorial Ecology of Dallas County" deals with the differentiation of census tracts based on combinations of census tract variables for Dallas County. The study examines this differentiation, using five factors which are analyzed in relation to concentric zone and sector theory. All of the analyses are based upon data which are available by census tract from the 1970 national census.
Date: August 1973
Creator: Pol, Louis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Neighborhood Cohesion and Disengagement Among Black and White Aged (open access)

Neighborhood Cohesion and Disengagement Among Black and White Aged

This study is concerned with social factors related to neighborhood interaction and disengagement among elderly persons controlling for race. Utilizing a scale of neighborhood cohesion as an index of disengagement, it was hypothesized that racial groups would not differ significantly as to their respective levels of neighborhood cohesiveness and local interest. It was also hypothesized that age groups would not differ significantly as to their respective levels of neighborhood cohesiveness and local interest.
Date: August 1973
Creator: Taft, Harold E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Class and Selected Characteristics of Intellectual Pursuit (open access)

Social Class and Selected Characteristics of Intellectual Pursuit

The problem with which this investigation is concerned is the relationship of social class to intellectual attitudes and behavior. It ascertains attitudes toward and use of the public library.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Hanvey, Edna
System: The UNT Digital Library