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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"biographical data"”.
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The effects of biographical data on the prediction of domain knowledge
… these hypotheses, participants completed a biodata measure, various ability and non-ability measures, and a set of domain knowledge tests. Hypotheses were evaluated in the context of regressions and structural equation modeling. Results showed that biodata had significant predictive validity …
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Multiple Discriminant Analysis of Test Scores and Biographical Data for the Description and Prediction of 12th Grade Educational Outcomes
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An analysis of trends and conditions in school districts with black superintendents and a composite profile of the black superintendent at his/her initial appointment
… nine variables related to financial and racial data in the selected districts. The population for this study consisted of 83 black superintendents, serving in school districts in 14 states. The participants were asked to provide biographical data and respond to a five-point rating scale that …
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The life and career contributions of Brian L. Bowman through 1991
The purpose of this study was to present biographical data on the life and career of one of the United States' most prominent euphonium performer and teacher, Dr. Brian L. Bowman, and to demonstrate how he has influenced the musical world. Bowman began his career as a soloist very early in his life …
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Eighteenth-Century French Oboes: A Comparative Study
… technical drawings, photographs, and biographical data clarify the development and dissemination of practices in oboe building throughout eighteenth-century France. This clarification provides new insight into a critical period of oboe development which has hitherto not been …
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The Brazilian Far West: Frontier Development in Mato Grosso,1870--1937
… office holding, incumbency rates, and collective biographical data. The quantitative evidence developed in the dissertation has been cross-tabulated in order to yield new insights into the interrelation of social, economic, and political variables in historical development. The theoretical …
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Effect of physical sexuality, geographic locale and sex role adherence upon an individual's perception of the female athlete
… to their Attitude Toward Women Scale (AWS) and biographical data. Geographic Locale was based upon the population of the area the Ss lived in during the time they were five to seven years of age. Individuals who came from an area with less than 2,500 people were considered rural inhabitants. …
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English language written competence at sixth form level
… language test. They were also asked for some biographical data. Ttests were used to check for differences between samples as well as for gender differences. Correlations were worked out in order to explore relationships between performance in the language test and performance in a science …
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A comparison of health-promoting practices of Nevada rural and urban nurses
… the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile and a biographical data sheet; Eight research questions were answered in the study. Seven of the research questions sought to determine if significant differences existed between rural and urban nurses on the total Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile …
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Mapping How Culture in New York City and London Influences Respectively the Iconic Fashion Brands of Kors and McQueen: A Case Study
… applies geographic information systems (GIS) data, biographical data, and other secondary data. It includes mainly qualitative data collection and analysis; furthermore, the study examines quantitative data on the cultural events offered within each city. Overall, this case study adopts a …
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A historical survey of the drama program at Baylor University, 1941-1963.
… of the Faculty and the Physical Plant, contains biographical data on each faculty member as well as descriptions and illustrations of how the physical plant developed. Chapter II, The Development of the Curriculum and Degree Program, traces the growth of the courses offered as part of the Speech …
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Students’ experiences : choice, hope and everyday neoliberalism in English higher education
… of higher education, the thesis uses interview data alongside identity portfolios, consisting of biographical data and examples of different presentations of the self students enact during their higher education studies. The students’ narratives are analysed against the theoretical background of …
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A survey of worker participation in Bophuthatswana
… to establish their internal consistency. The biographical data in the questionnaire and the three scales were subjected to a correlation study and a regressional analysis to determine what relationship existed between the biographical variables and the attitudinal scales. This was done to …
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The Relationship Between Internal-External Locus of Control and Evangelistic Success as Evidenced by a Selected Group of Ministers in the Caribbean Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
… evangelism. It was expected that empirical data about the relationship would assist in the planning of a more effective curriculum for the training of ministers at Caribbean Union College, Trinidad, West Indies. The purpose was to investigate interrelations among the following: (a) …
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Degrees of Change: a grounded theory study of transitions between Foundation Degree and Honours degree study from students’ perspectives
… from their perspectives. The current study uses biographical data sheets, group and individual interviews to draw on the experiences of a total of 74 participants who completed their degrees in further education colleges and in the partner university. The grounded theory that emerged suggests …
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Vocational guidance competencies perceived as important by vocational and technical education teachers in the District of Columbia public schools
… in this study. Each participant provided biographical data and indicated their degree of importance with 35 vocational guidance competencies. Analysis of data consisted of descriptive statistics to provide a respondent profile and answer the first research question, factor analysis to …
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Gustav Mahler and psychasthenia : a musical and psychological investigation of the Kinder-Totenlieder
… content of Chapter One presents Mahler's biographical data. Death is traced through his family history with the demise of brothers and sisters and his own beloved daughter, Putzi. An analysis by Sigmund Freud discusses his relationship with his wife, Alma, and his mother. Another area of …
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US store detectives: the relationship between individual characteristics and job performance
… hypotheses regarding the relationship between biographical data, personality traits, cognitive ability and the four measures of job performance were tested using multiple and logistic regression. The four resulting models explained between 13% and 23% of the variance in detective job …
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"On our way": identities and representations of African women seeking asylum in Ireland
… subaltern spaces and bodies to occupy them. Rich biographical data is gathered through mixed art and drama methods over two intensive participatory research projects conducted in a small Irish city. Data analysis critically examines the poetics (practices that signify) and politics (the powers …
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Towards the realisation of South African jazz assuming its righful place in the cultural identity and heritage of the country
… sources were literature reviews and qualitative data collected by using focus groups, observations and other interviews. About 35 participants were involved in the process. Chapter 1 The opening chapter is mainly an introduction to the study. It outlines the orientation of the study, background, …
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