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A*-algebras and Minimal Ideals in Topological Rings (open access)

A*-algebras and Minimal Ideals in Topological Rings

The present thesis mainly concerns B*-algebras, A*-algebras, and minimal ideals in topological rings.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Wei, Jui-Hung
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Per-Pupil Cost of a Nine-Month School Program vs. the 45-15 Continuous School Year Plan (open access)

An Analysis of the Per-Pupil Cost of a Nine-Month School Program vs. the 45-15 Continuous School Year Plan

The purposes of this investigation were (1) to examine the nine-month program and calculate a per-pupil cost, and (2) to evaluate a continuous-school-year program and calculate its per-pupil cost.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Slater, Clarence Gerald
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Treatment of Work Modes in Elementary Basal and Supplementary Reading Textbooks (open access)

An Analysis of the Treatment of Work Modes in Elementary Basal and Supplementary Reading Textbooks

The purposes of this study are to (1) determine the extent of bias in elementary textbooks in terms of frequency of reference to various work modes, and (2) to determine if qualitative bias exists in the portrayal of work modes.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Newbury, Fred G.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Voting Patterns in Mobile, Alabama, 1948-1970 (open access)

An Analysis of Voting Patterns in Mobile, Alabama, 1948-1970

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the voting trends in Mobile, Alabama, which have developed since 1948; particular emphasis is placed upon the role of the Negro vote in Mobile politics before and after the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Voyles, James Everett, 1943-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anxiety Relief Conditioning: a Critical Review and Supportive Experiment (open access)

Anxiety Relief Conditioning: a Critical Review and Supportive Experiment

An experiment was conducted to separate the effects of anxiety relief conditioning from other variables which may be operative within that paradigm. A review of the literature revealed that no definitive investigations had been conducted, and critiques of these investigations were offered. Also, the distinction between aversion relief and anxiety relief conditioning procedures was detailed.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Turnage, John R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of the North Texas State University Campus Environment Through Perceptions of Institutional Characterisitcs Held by Selected Subgroups of the Student Body (open access)

Assessment of the North Texas State University Campus Environment Through Perceptions of Institutional Characterisitcs Held by Selected Subgroups of the Student Body

The purposes of this study were to describe the North Texas State University campus environment as perceived by the students, to compare perceptions of certain of the campus environmental characteristics with those of other colleges and universities throughout the nation, and to compare selected subgroups within the student body with respect to their perceptions of campus environmental characteristics.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Windham, Paula A.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Behavior Rehearsal Combined with Anxiety Relief Conditioning : A New Assertion Training Paradigm and Its Relative Efficacy (open access)

Behavior Rehearsal Combined with Anxiety Relief Conditioning : A New Assertion Training Paradigm and Its Relative Efficacy

An experiment was conducted to investigate the relative effectiveness of a combined behavior rehearsal anxiety relief conditioning paradigm with a more conventional behavioral rehearsal program in the treatment of deficient assertive behavior.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Arnold, Bill R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Behavioral Approach to Modifying Self-Concept in the Classroom (open access)

A Behavioral Approach to Modifying Self-Concept in the Classroom

The problem with which this investigation was concerned was that of assessing the effects of token reinforcement on children's self-concept.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Turnage, Shirley A.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbon Flux in Reservoir Sediments (open access)

Carbon Flux in Reservoir Sediments

The central objective of the study was to fractionate sedimenting organic materials according to their source (allochthonous or autochthonous) and ultimately to determine the degree of biodegradability of contributions from either source with particular reference to activities at the mud-water interface.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Newton, Charles Eugene
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carlos Muñiz and Social Drama (open access)

Carlos Muñiz and Social Drama

The problem with which this investigation is concerned is that of determining the merit of the works of the contemporary Spanish playwright Carlos Muñiz in the area of social drama.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Adams, Sarah Sue
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changes in Parent-Child Relationships as a Result of Family Therapy (open access)

Changes in Parent-Child Relationships as a Result of Family Therapy

The problem with which this study is concerned is whether pathogenic parental patterns which precipitate and maintain children's maladjustment can be ameliorated through family therapy. Specifically, this investigation focused on how parental attitudes and sons' perceptions of parental attitudes are altered by therapy.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Kinney, Delane R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changes in Peabody Picture Vocabulary Scores as a Function of Differential Familiarity and Social Class Membership (open access)

Changes in Peabody Picture Vocabulary Scores as a Function of Differential Familiarity and Social Class Membership

The present study was designed to investigate the discrepancy in test performance between the upper-middle-class and lower-class kindergarten-age child as a function of differential familiarity with test content.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Crooks, Olivia Ann
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characteristics of Subjects Choosing to Participate in Different Types of Research Studies at Various Points in a Semester (open access)

Characteristics of Subjects Choosing to Participate in Different Types of Research Studies at Various Points in a Semester

The present study was designed to determine if a subject pool, in which all students enrolled in a course must participate, would reveal the same differences as had been found between volunteers and nonvolunteers, as well as the differences found in subjects participating in different types of studies,
Date: May 1973
Creator: Kohutek, Kenneth J.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study and Model of the Certification Requirements for Vocational Office Education Teacher-Coordinators in the United States (open access)

A Comparative Study and Model of the Certification Requirements for Vocational Office Education Teacher-Coordinators in the United States

The purposes of the study were (1) to describe the historical rationale for teacher certification, (2) to survey and report the present requirement of the states for certification as a vocational office education teacher-coordinator, (3) to survey leading business and office education educators for recommendations for vocational office education teacher-coordinator certification requirements, (4) to examine, survey, and report the characteristics and qualifications of employed vocational office education teacher-coordinators, and (5) to develop a model of criteria representing ideal standards for initial and continuing certification requirements for vocational office education teacher-coordinators.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Bounds, Joan Karen Johnston, 1936-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A comparative study and model of the certification requirements for vocational office education teacher-coordinators in the United States (open access)

A comparative study and model of the certification requirements for vocational office education teacher-coordinators in the United States

The problem of this study was the development of a model for the certification requirements for vocational office education teacher coordinators in the United States. The data for this study were obtained from library research, documents provided by the state directors of vocational education and state departments of education, 62 questionnaires returned from randomly selected businesses and office education educators, and 735 questionnaires returned from randomly selected employed vocational office education teacher-coordinators.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Bounds, Joan Karen Johnston
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Certain Rorschach Indices Between Smokers and Nonsmokers (open access)

A Comparison of Certain Rorschach Indices Between Smokers and Nonsmokers

The purpose of this study was to compare a group of college smokers with a similar group of college nonsmokers on eleven Rorschach indices. The sources of data were thirty-five smokers and thirty-five nonsmokers enrolled in Introductory English courses at Texas Christian University during the 1971-1972 academic year.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Patterson, Howard R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Change Between Time-Extended Group Counseling and Traditional Group Counseling (open access)

A Comparison of Change Between Time-Extended Group Counseling and Traditional Group Counseling

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a time-extended counseling group with a traditional counseling group on the three variables: self-actualization, intimacy, and members' reactions to the group experience.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Spurgeon, Gene
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Psychoanalysis and Pragmatism as They Relate to Inquiry (open access)

A Comparison of Psychoanalysis and Pragmatism as They Relate to Inquiry

The purpose of the study was to demonstrate that certain fundamental insights of psychoanalysis and pragmatism, heretofore seen as mutually exclusive, are, in fact, complementary, and uniquely augment, supplement, and clarify each other. It was believed that a presentation of the rapprochement between the two theories you'd be a significant contribution towards the maximum release and maturation of man's potential to inquire.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Hudgins, Thomas Barry
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Selected Attitudes and Values of the Adolescent Society in 1957 and 1972 (open access)

A Comparison of Selected Attitudes and Values of the Adolescent Society in 1957 and 1972

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the structure and process of selected social influences during adolescence in one large high school. It was hypothesized that adolescents would be more oriented to peers and activities outside school and less oriented to academics, athletics, and other school-related activities. The study sought to answer questions about the social climate of the adolescent in a large high school and to analyze the implications of these findings for administrators and others who are interested in the optimum adjustment of teenagers.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Artmann, Edwin August
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Desirability and Feasibility of Accountability Measures as Perceived by Public School Administrators and Teachers (open access)

A Comparison of the Desirability and Feasibility of Accountability Measures as Perceived by Public School Administrators and Teachers

This study had three main purposes. The first was to determine the perceptions of public school administrators toward desirability and toward feasibility of accountability items. The second was to determine the perceptions of public school teachers toward desirability and toward feasibility of accountability items. The third was to compare the perceptions of administrators with those of teachers and to indicate areas where they seemed to be in agreement or disagreement.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Kiamie, Robert A.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A comparison of the desirability and feasibility of accountability measures as perceived by public school administrators and teachers (open access)

A comparison of the desirability and feasibility of accountability measures as perceived by public school administrators and teachers

This study had three main purposes. The first was to determine the perceptions of public school administrators toward desirability and toward feasibility of accountability items. The second was to determine the perceptions of public school teachers toward desirability and toward feasibility of accountability items. The third was to compare the perceptions of administrators with those of teachers and to indicate areas where they seemed to be in agreement or disagreement.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Kiamie, Robert A.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Effects of Various Methods of Practicum Experiences upon Subsequent Behavior and Skill of Counselor Trainees (open access)

A Comparison of the Effects of Various Methods of Practicum Experiences upon Subsequent Behavior and Skill of Counselor Trainees

The present study was undertaker, to examine the effects of various methods of training during the practicum experience upon subsequent counselor trainees' behavior and skill. This study has a two-fold purpose. The first is to examine which of two methods of training was most effective in producing behavioral changes in counselor trainees during a five month practicum situation. The second is to compare the effects of these forms of training with a control group which did not utilize the training procedures.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Hafner, Bruce William
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Social Acceptance of Learning Disability and Normal Children for Three Teaching Models (open access)

A Comparison of the Social Acceptance of Learning Disability and Normal Children for Three Teaching Models

The problem of this study concerned the sociometric status of learning disability (LD) and normal children in the classroom. More specifically, the degree of cross choosing between LD and normal children was compared for three different teaching models.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Polo, Linda
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Validity and Reliability of Kincannon's and Hugo's MMPI Short Forms in a Clinical Population (open access)

A Comparison of the Validity and Reliability of Kincannon's and Hugo's MMPI Short Forms in a Clinical Population

To meet the need of making clinical evaluations in the most efficient way, many scales and short forms of the MMPI have been developed. A review of the literature indicated that the Mini-Mult devised by Kincannon (1967) and the Short Form by Hugo (1971a) were the best short forms of the MMPI which have been constructed. The purpose of this study was to determine which of these short forms would most accurately predict the standard MMPI in a clinical population.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Holmes, Robert Eugene
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library