The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of training in interpersonal communications and public speaking on the factors involved in stage fright as shown by comparative analysis of certain factors of the Gilkinson Speech Anxiety Scale....
The purpose of this study was to compare the strength gained in the right knee extensor muscles using the DeLorme Boot with the strength gained in the right knee extensor muscles using the QEM Machine. Sixty- three male college students enrolled at...
Much is known about the problem-solving process. Despite this availability of information, however, many individuals are not effective when faced with a problem. Bandura (1977) suggested that perceived personal competence or self-efficacy affects...
Despite the growing number of students with disabilities receiving an increasing share of their education in inclusive classrooms, there is little evidence that inclusion increases academic responding or social interactions. The current...
Recent research dealing with learning disabled children and locus of control have primarily been base don Rotter’s theory of locus of control, in which two basic loci exist: internal or external. Most results have concurred that learning...
The sample consisted of 101 high school students. The dependent variable was the career maturity scores. Three independent variables investigated were: 1) gender, 2) race, and 3) high school classification. Six null hypotheses were tested in the...
This is a study of the comparison of the three-point stance and the four-point stance in football relative to starting times for Five yards. This study is being done to determine which stance is the best for interior lineman to use. The study...
The present investigation was designed to study the relationship between the ability to forget unwanted information and age. Hypotheses were evaluated through the use of the Directed Forgetting Paradigm (Bjork, 1972) in which the position of a cue...
This study was conducted to determine the origin, condition, and significance of a large acreage of black walnut trees located in the northern part of Clark County, Kansas. The study was prompted by the uniqueness in size (approximately 150...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate consumer satisfaction and employment status for successfully rehabilitated VR clients from a central Kansas general caseload, and to identify clients in need of further services. The independent...
The Fort Hays Kansas State College has sponsored six Summer Mathematics Institutes (including the one being held in 1965) under the SI program of the National Science Foundation, all of which have been directed by Mr. Wilmont Toalson.
The six Fort...
The author in this thesis prepared a formula investment plan for investing a low-priced stock and ran the study through two separate time periods to determine the feasibility of such a plan as an effective investment tool. Following the completion...
The purpose of this thesis is to add Sherman County to the list of completed county histories, thus presenting future historians with more evidence with which to prepare a history of the state of Kansas. Since little had previously been written...
A review of the literature on sex related data employing a variety of measures of assertion indicated that males exhibit greater levels of assertive behavior s than females. The effect of the sex of the confederate upon the assertiveness of the...
The major purpose or this study was to examine the differences in experienced control between a psychiatric population who were depressed and suicidal, a psychiatric population who were neither depressed, nor suicidal, and a non-psychiatric...
Using a multidimensional approach, this study investigated the relationships between personality variables and death concern. The study utilized Durlak and Kass's (1981) conceptualization of death concern in terms of five factors. These factors are...
Daily energy budgets (DEBs), activity patterns and the energy flow through a population of Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque) were studied for one year. The DEB for the nonlactating portion of the population was the highest in winter (0.602 kcal...
A naturalistic study was made of the risk-taking behavior of 120 subjects on a TV quiz program. Final wagers in a series showed a significant positive correlation between amount of capital and amount wagered. Significant negative correlations were...
The purpose of this research was: (1) to examine more fully the literature on individualized reading in order to gain a concrete understanding of the issues and problems involved; and (2) to learn some steps which are necessary for developing an...
Six male recent stroke patients served as subjects for the experiment. The patients were randomly assigned to one of three groups. All three contained two treatment conditions (B1, B2) and one control condition (A). Each group had a different...
Seed bank composition and floristic species diversity were examined in the spring seep zone of the marsh ridge community at Haberer’s Salf Marsh in central Kansas. One hundred cores were collected in the spring seep zone on each of the four...
The purpose of this study was to determine which of the following approaches to the teaching of high school chemistry is providing a better background for the college preparatory student: the Chemical Education Material Study, or the traditional...
The purpose of this study was to measure the effectiveness of individualized reading with a group or nine- and ten-year-old pupils. The study was carried out in the Fort Hays Kansas state College Summer Laboratory School. Subjects participating in...
The purpose of this study was to determine whether evidence from test results would support the statements that (1) a similar pattern of test results should emerge from a comparison of the results of the scores obtained on the 12 minute run -walk...
This study will be limited to a general survey of independent study on a national level, but study should be done on the state level relative to this very important facet of individualized instruction as far as personal educative precepts prevail,...
The purpose of this study is to analyze the fundamental problems of rice, both in production and distribution with emphasis on international trade. This study is divided into four main parts. The first gives the general characteristics of the...
This thesis is an examination of the migration, agricultural production, and probability of success of slave-owners of Lamar County, Texas, in 1850 and 1860. The chief sources for the study are the various census schedules for the two enumerations....
The primary purpose of this study was to investigate and compare perceptions of behaviors desirable to elementary science teachers. A related purpose to this study was to investigate the relationship between these perceived behaviors and the...
The scientific study of divorce is still in its initial stages. Sociologists have studied the problem and have made great progress in understanding it. Fiction writers, in presenting the problem through the more easily accessible method of the...
The purpose of the researcher was to evaluate the effect of Socratically presented drug education information in changing students’ attitudes toward drug abuse. The subjects consisted of 110 fifth graders who attended four elementary schools. The...
The purpose of this study is to present the formation and organizational aspects of a new insurance company in Kansas. It is during these initial years that a new company experiences considerable difficulty. Problems such as personnel selection,...
This study was initiated to study the philosophy, organization, and staffing of some selected middle schools in the states of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Colorado, from lists of exemplary middle schools supplied by the respective State...
In this thesis I have given summaries and characterizations of the women characters in Eugene Gladstone O' Neill's plays of more than one act in the order of their writing. At the close of the summarizations and characterizations of the individual...
This study was an attempt to determine soil and vegetative differences in pastures on upland and slope sites caused by different utilization rates in the past year. Soil and vegetative differences were determined with reference to the following...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the knowledge and attitudes of students pertaining to AIDS. Students from 7th and 8th grades in a South Western Kansas middle school were surveyed. The sample consisted of 392 students. Of the...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate abuse during teen dating relationships. A status survey design with pre-determined and post hoc grouping was employed. The independent variables investigated were self-esteem, gender,...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate adolescents’ feelings of belongingness. The following independent variables were investigated: family structure, quality of family life, gender, classification, and length of residency. The...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate factors associated with alcoholism among college students. The independent variables investigated were gender, academic class, academic achievement, parental history of alcoholism, quality of family...
Most people would agree that building good character is essential to the development of American’s youth. However, building character has become a difficult task to perform because children today are growing up in a world where they must...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate jealousy in college students. The sample consisted of 79 females and 43 males for a total of 122. The independent variables were gender, age, living status, self – esteem family structure and...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the needs of nontraditional students especially in the areas of life skills development, career development, educational planning and association with others. The sample consisted of 163...
The purpose of the researcher was to examine university students’ knowledge of alcoholism. The total sample consisted of 153 students from a small Midwest university. The students participating in the study included 112 females and 41 males, 29...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the effects of a continuing education course designed to improve adults' self-concepts. The independent variables investigated were gender, age, and implementation-no implementation. The dependent...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of agricultural noise on farm workers' auditory thresholds before and after a work day's exposure during the harvest season. Twenty volunteer subjects from a small farming community in North...
This study investigated the difference in pretest and posttest scores between those children who attended an extended school year program and those children who did not. Twenty-five early childhood special education (ECSE) students, ranging in ages...
A descriptive, exploratory investigation examined relationships among anger and other variables in teenagers with Type I insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). A convenience sample of teenagers with IDDM (N = 25), ages 12-19 was selected from...
This research was designed to investigate the relationship between anxiety level as measured by the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale and the willingness of individuals to cooperate in a two-person non-zero-sum game.
The subjects consisted of 32...
This multiple baseline study examined the effect of tangible reinforcers on two academic tasks and one sensory-motor task with a trainable mentally retarded class of nine subjects ranging from 12 to 16 years of age. A greater increase in the total...
The effect of approach length on personal space (PS) was studied and then compared with the influence of environmental setting on PS. PS is defined as an area with invisible boundaries immediately surrounding the individual. The dimensions of this...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the concerns of middle school students in urban and rural school settings. The independent variables investigated were residential background, ethnic background, gender, grade placement, age, and...
This analytic, relational survey explored the effects of ethnic group and sex on school related attitudes and the relationship between academic achievement and attitudes toward school. A direct, self-report measure of attitudes toward various...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the attitudes and beliefs pertaining to the concept of inclusion as reported by building level administrators and superintendents. The independent variables investigated were: number of college hours...
Behavior and some vegetative and edaphic influences of steers grazing under intensive early (IES) and season long stocking (SLS) was investigated in 1961 on two adjacent paddocks with yearling steers at the Fort Hays Branch Experiment Station,...
PDF version of Letter to Humphrey Marshall, dated April 22, 1771 [Includes Front & reverse]
Transcript of letter is as follows:
London, April 22. 1771—
Sir,
I duly received your Favours of the 4th
of October and the 17th...
Prior to the 2000 and 2001 breeding seasons, 150 nest boxes were erected throughout riparian habitat in Ellis County, Kansas, to study breeding productivity and the post-fledging stage of the House Wren (Troglodytes aedon). During that interval I...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate burnout in college seniors. The independent variables were: gender, major, career maturity level, post college job status, grade point average, and semester of graduation. The dependent variable was...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate career maturity of college students. The sample consisted of 98 subjects; 25 were males and 73 females. The following independent variables were investigated: activity level, classification,...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate career maturity in undergraduate college students. The following independent variables were investigated: gender, GPA, classification, extracurricular activity level, and academic major changes. The...
Client outcome measurements obtained from a rural stroke clinic were the focus of this investigation Neuman's ( 1995) System Model and the Stroke Risk Profile Appraisal Function Model (Wolf, D'Agostino, Belanger, & Kannel, 1991) based on the...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the satisfaction of community college students with academics, admissions and registration procedures, non-academic college atmosphere, and facilities. The sample consisted of 142 sophomore community...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate college students’ attitudes toward alcohol. The independent variables investigated were sex classification, age, choice of drink, consumption level, religious belief status, and drinking status. ...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate college students knowledge of and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS. The sample consisted of 195 undergraduate students. The following independent variables were investigated: age, gender, classification,...
The nesting ecology of solitary and colonial nesting Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) was compared during the 1976 nesting season to determine whether colonialism was advantageous in terms of nesting success. Concrete box culverts were the major...
A study was made to determine the average monthly and seasonally yields of seven native grasses as they grew in pure stands in an ungrazed mixed prairie near Hays, Kansas. The study was conducted for two growing seasons (1952-1953) on the upland,...
The purpose of the current research was to examine: (a) if a relationship existed between an individual's sex-role orientation and that individual's method of coping; and (b) which sex-role orientation was most adaptive in coping with stress....
The purpose of this study was to examine: (a) if a relationship exists between an individual's sex-role orientation and that individual's method of coping; and (b) if a relationship exists between an individual's gender and that individual's method...
A portion of the mixed prairie was studied in an attempt to measure the effects of Japanese brome on production of native perennial grass. Vegetation was analyzed by paired foot-square quadrats. Japanese brome was removed from treated plots and...
The artist’s early work was executed rapidly with heavily defined charcoal lines. At the time, subject matter, usually figurative, was placed in situations which stressed the overall composition and design elements of the painting. The artist...
This study was designed to determine some of the possible differences in normal and schizophrenic verbal behavior. Subjects were ten persons at the Larned State Hospital who had been diagnosed as schizophrenic and ten normals matched to the...
Poison grain (2% zinc phosphide and 0.44% strychnine oats), shooting, and deferred grazing were used to control black-tailed prairie dogs in northwestern Kansas. The efficiencies of these three methods were evaluated. Primary poisoning of...
Previously, research regarding the area of betrayal has examined the motivations for betrayal, relationship changes following betrayal, individual differences in betrayal, and betrayal and the social network. Until Rupp’s (1999) recent study,...
Violence in premarital relationships is a national problem that has only recently become a topic of interest to researchers. Previous research has shown that about 1/2 of the violent dating relationships continue after violence has occurred....
The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of metallic oxides and the process of wax resist in ceramic decoration; and the relationship of space and mass in sculpture.
/ The clay used for the ceramic problems was a stoneware body, except...
Individuals of the endangered gray bat, Myotis grisescens, were trapped and marked with reflective bands as they emerged form a maternity colony in the storm sewer beneath Pittsburg, Kansas. These bats subsequently were spotlighted to map flyways...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of isometric strength testing of the wrist palmar flexion muscles on the strength of the contralateral muscle group in male high school students. Twenty-two male high school students enrolled at...
In western Kansas, swift foxes inhabit short and mid-grass prairie as well as cultivated and fallow cropland. I examined the differences in denning ecology of swift foxes inhabiting cropland and those in rangeland. I compared den characteristics,...
The present study examined whether adult children of high-conflict divorced families and adult children from high-conflict intact families would display more jealousy, a greater lack of trust, and more marital or intimate relational conflict in...
Music has been seen as having significant effects on many areas of human activity. Very recent research into the effects of music on cognitive and spatial -temporal abilities prompted an attempted duplication of a study that claimed significant...
In a study of the distribution of the woody vegetation along the Arkansas River in Finney County, Kansas, it was found that the dominant species were salt cedar (Tamarix pentandra), plains cottonwood (Populus sargentii), and sandbar willow (Salix...
The purpose of my thesis has been to communicate some of my thoughts, ideas, and emotions through drawing. The technical motivation stemmed from the fact that since Degas, I feel that pastels have been overlooked as a profound means of...
The researcher investigated substance use in rural Kansas fifth and sixth graders. Independent variables were gender, family structure, perceived relationship with parents, family substance use, attitude towards family, peer substance use, and...
This study examined the possible relationship between the level of education of registered nurses and their caring behaviors in home health. The purpose of this research was to help provide the nursing profession with a better understanding of the...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the knowledge and the attitudes of superintendents, teachers, and school board members, regarding the funding of education in Kansas. The independent variables investigated in this study were title,...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the knowledge and attitudes of educators pertaining to AIDS. Surveys were mailed to 212 educators employed in two districts in Southwestern Kansas. A total of 128 complete surveys were returned. Of...
Hispid cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) were fed wheat soaked in either 1% NaCl, 1% NaHC03, or distilled water. Old adults consumed and assimilated significantly more sodium-treated wheat, but significantly less wheat which was not treated with...
Previous research on betrayal has focused mainly on motivations for betrayal, relationship change, individual differences in the tendency toward betraying others, and betrayal and the social network. There appears to be no empirical work on how...
ABSTRACT Previous studies indicate the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) alters its environment through grazing, clipping, and burrowing, which affect plant community composition, cover, species richness, and biomass. Previous...
This ex post facto study investigated the relationship between the presence of children and psychological stress in the post-divorce adjustment process. The post-divorce adjustment process was described as those changes in roles which are the...
Great Plains grasslands were once one of the largest ecosystems in North America. However, farming, ranching, urban development, widespread fire suppression, and numerous other factors have created a great loss of this habitat in central North...
Disturbance of ecosystems by road construction results in habitat fragmentation and edge effects. Studies assessing effect of road construction on the native plant communities and dispersal of exotic plant species have indicated this type of...
With the loss and degradation of wetlands in some areas of the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) reaching 80-90%, it is critical that resource managers ensure that the habitat that is put back on the landscape is as high quality as possible. Resource...
I sampled small mammal populations using snap traps in untreated, herbicide treated, and tilled fallow fields in Rooks and Ellis countries, Kansas. The most common small mammals were Peromyscus maniculatus and Reithrodontomys megalotis in 1993 and...
Studies on social embodiment or embodied cognition have identified various body positions that temporarily affect mood. Another group of studies on attraction have identified nonverbal positions that people in relationships subconsciously take...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate burnout in teachers of public and private or parochial schools. The independent variables were: (1) type of school, (2) gender, (3) total years of teaching experience, and (4) grade level assignment....
The purpose of the study was to determine if sign language increased the rate in which students learn to read new vocabulary words. A single subject, multiple treatment research design was implemented for use with this study. All of the Saxon...
The purpose of the field study was to determine the relationship of visual and aural musical experiences with playing the recorder. A more specific purpose of the study was to help the writer investigate visual and aural experiences in music...
It was the purpose of this study (1) to develop a better understanding of painting through the use of a variety of materials; (2) to gain a better understanding of the creative process; (3) to investigate both the objective and subjective facets of...
