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Showing 1 to 20 of 109 for “"Empirical test"”.
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The labeling theory: an empirical test
Proponents of labeling theory argue that the labels we use to identify things are not merely harmless words, but, in fact, shape and control experience to some degree. Others, such as W. E. B. Dubois, argued that names only identify things and if one changes a label by which a thing is identified …
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Portfolio Selection by Index Models: An Empirical Test
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-11T23:19:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7317592.pdf: 5626168 bytes, checksum: 089d7afddca1b51af477b74cacee5bd9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1973
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Rape in America: an empirical test of two theories
… mediums such as hard-copy magazines and DVDs. To test this assumption, a survey was administered to a convenience sample of nearly 500 male students at Rowan University. The results show evidence that males who intentionally consume pornography prefer the internet and, therefore, the use of …
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How does creativity occur in teams? An empirical test
Organizations benefit when workteams produce more rather than less creativity. What actions in organizations help this to occur - on the part of team leaders and team members? This is the primary question that my dissertation aims to answer. More specifically, I hypothesize that team leaders' …
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Stewardship: Theoretical Development and Empirical Test of its Determinants
… explore a set of possible antecedents, and empirically test these determinants to generate a descriptive behavioral science model of stewardship in organizations. I conceptualize stewardship as an outcome of leadership behaviors that place the long-term best interests of the stockholders and …
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An empirical test of Gubrium's socio-environmental theory of aging
… all 75 years of age or older, this research tested Gubrium's socio-environmental theory of aging. Using correlation, multiple regression analysis, and analysis of variance, it was found that one's individual resources (income, social network, and health) was highly correlated with life …
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An empirical test of the restrictions in a net migration equation
This paper is an empirical study of the spatial neutrality of economic incentives and the equivalency of push-pull factors of net migration into Clark County, Nevada. These issues are examined in the context of the Economic-Demographic Forecasting and Simulation Model developed by Regional Economic …
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Student Ideology at Southern Illinois University: An Empirical Test of Theory
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T21:38:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7212299.pdf: 8469129 bytes, checksum: 54882d5f9eccc6600daef47acb6eb671 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1971
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An Empirical Test of a Tuition Funding Model for Higher Education
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An Empirical Test of the Grassmann-Maxwell Theory of Color Vision
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An empirical test of the causes and consequences of organizational change
"This study is an inquiry into the nature of frequently-occurring changes in organizations viz. ""continuous"" changes. Organization theorists have little theoretical understanding of ""continuous change"" since they are overly concerned with large systemic changes. The present study redresses this …
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Cognitive-behavioral theory of bulimia: an empirical test of basic assumptions
Three groups were compared on a number of cognitive measures: 27 women who fulfilled operationalized DSM-III criteria for bulimia, 27 women who regularly binge-ate but did not fulfill the operationalized criteria for bulimia, and 27 control women who did not binge eat. Subjects were compared on …
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Mitigating delinquency through academic intervention: an empirical test of social control theory
… involved in the GEAR UP program, a partial test of Hirschi’s social control theory (1969) was conducted to investigate the effect of academic performance and social bonds on problem behavior. Rarely tested in at-risk, minority student groups, the adolescents sampled in this research attended …
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An Empirical Test of the Real Interest Rate in Germany, 1970-2000
This thesis is a empirical test of the constancy of the real rate of interest in Germany over the period of 1970 to 2000. The methodology, based on Mishkin (1981), employs Ordinary Least Squares regressions to search for correlation in movements of real rates with lagged inflation, time trends, and …
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An Empirical Test of the Relative State Model with Texas Holdem Poker Scenarios
This study empirically tested predictions from a new evolutionary model of risky decision-making, the relative state model (RSM), using Texas holdem poker scenarios. The RSM suggests that risk taking is a product of one of two interacting pathways—need (desperation) and ability (affordance). …
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