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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"two by two"”.
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A Study of Teacher Production of Two by Two Inch Photographic Projection Slides for classroom Instruction
The purpose of this study was to investigate the area of teacher-constructed photographic slides: to consider the feasibility of such projects, the qualities desirable in teaching slides, and the techniques of production.
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Comparison of Exact Unconditional Methods for the Difference of Two Binomial Proportions
Exact tests based upon the difference of two independent binomial proportions are popularly used and are especially suited for studies with small to moderate sample sizes. In the context of testing for superiority and noninferiority, we apply the confidence region p-value method (Berger and Boos, …
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The Application of Supervisory Training: The Effects of Subordinate Support Training and Supervisory Locus-of-Control on Initiation of Structure and Consideration
… training concepts in the work setting. Two groups of first-line supervisors, scoring either internal or external locus of control, from a street maintenance division of a large city organization, were randomly assigned to groups in which their subordinates either received 6 hours of …
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Investigating Content, Format and Placement of Point-of-Selection Nutrition Labels In A Foodservice Setting and Its Impact On Patrons' Purchasing Behavior
… cafeteria to investigate these strategies by using a two-by-two-by-two factorial design, comparing two types of menu labels (i.e., "Simple" (i.e., entrée description and Kcal) and "Complex" (i.e., Nutrition Facts Panel)), two types of placement (i.e., floor menu stand and countertop menu …
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College Transition Programs for Community College Students
… Six hypotheses were tested using separate two by two mixed factorial ANOVAs on credits earned and grade point average, curriculum, by bridge participation. There were no significant differences found between participants of the summer bridge program and non-participants. The results of this …
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Attending Your Own Funeral: Effects of a Brief ACT-Based Eulogy-Writing Exercise on Delay Discounting, Psychological Flexibility, and Value Clarity
… (N = 103) randomly assigned to one of the two conditions. AYOF was hypothesized to reduce delay discounting (H1), increase psychological flexibility (H2), and increase value clarity (H3) relative to control. These outcomes were assessed pre- and post-task using the Monetary Choice …
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Two Random Multiplicative Processes: Multiplicative Cascades and Eigenvectors of the Random Schrodinger Operator
In this thesis we focus on two distinct random processes constructed using a sequence of independent identically distributed random variables along with a product structure on the underlying space. The first, a collection of random variables attached to vertices of the rooted binary tree, uses the …
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Essays on coordination, cooperation, and learning
… in dynamic cooperation games. Chapter One begins by establishing results which are required in order to extend the global games approach to settings where the game structure is endogenous. In particular it shows that the selection argument of Carlsson and van Damme (1993) holds uniformly over …
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Tribopolymerization: ceramic lubrication under high loads and high speeds
An experimental study of ceramic lubrication by tribopolymerization at high loads and high speeds is presented. One condensation monomer -- C₃₆ dimer acid/ethylene glycol monoester -- and five addition monomers, i.e., diallyl phthalate, lauryl methacrylate, vinyl acetate, …
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Design and evaluation of a list gathering tool in a web-based collaborative environment
… understand the contributions of information made by the group as a whole. A List Gathering Tool was designed and implemented, which is one component in a Web-based Social Decision Support System (SDSS) Toolkit. Then, a two-by-two factorial design (list tool support vs. no list tool support, and …
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The effects of a simulation career game on the achievement motivation of vocational students enrolled in developmental arithmetic
… posttest-only control group design utilizing a two by two by two factorial design. The factors included in this design were achievement motive orientation (success and avoidant), perceived instrumentality (high and low) and game participation (treatment and comparison groups). Students were …
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Mixed Problems and Layer Potentials for Harmonic and Biharmonic Functions
… has been solved on smooth domains in the plane by Wendland, Stephan, and Hsiao. Significant advances were later made on Lipschitz domains by Ott and Brown. The strain of requiring a square-integrable gradient on the boundary, however, forces a strong geometric restriction on the domain. …
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Staff Development Methods for Planning Lessons with Integrated Technology
… to those collected after the training using a two-by-two mixed model ANOVA. The occasion (pre- vs. post-test), group, and interaction variables were all statistically significant at the .1 level; however, only the occasion variable had a strong effect size. These data suggest that (1) all …
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An Examination of Student Outcomes and Student Satisfaction in a Flipped Learning Environment: A Quasi-Experimental Design
… and lack of research in sociology courses. A two-by-two quasi-experimental design was established. Results were grouped by Learning Environment, which was expressed as the traditional learning group and the flipped learning group; and Gender was categorized as female and male. The Dependent …
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The relationship between allocated instructional time and student achievement in high school economics
… for possible initial differences between the two groups of students with regard to academic aptitude, the Test of Cognitive Stills was administered.The Test of Economic Literacy Form A was selected as a pretest to measure each student's prior knowledge of economics. The Test of Economic …
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Strategies for U.S. Manufacturers to Defend Home Markets from International Competition
… how likely a particular strategy was used by the sample firms, the impact of each strategy, and which strategies were statistically significant. Four strategies were identified to have a positive relationship with firm performance along with significance under a five percent p-value: …
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On recent constraints for the minimum scale of a small compact universe with three-torus topology
… tests to gauge the validity of assumptions made by Fang and Liu in their assessment of opposite quasar pairs as a probe of global topology in the universe. Constraints for the scale of a three-torus (T-3) universe obtained from searches of opposite pairs of quasars by Fang and Liu have been …
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Syntes och design : Den intellektuelle politikern som konstnär
… from political speeches and writing by the Austrian Otto Bauer, the Englishman Stafford Cripps and the Swede Ernst Wigforss, has been used. Using a two-by-two matrix with integrative complexity and capacity for political design on the axes, four types of intellectual politician are …
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Into the fold: security fears and power sharing, the credible commitment of rebel military integration and durable peace
… leaving them vulnerable to renewed violence by the state. The government can attempt to reduce the severity of this credible commitment problem by including power-sharing mechanism in the peace agreement. One such power-sharing mechanism is the integration of rebel fighters into the national …
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A Meta-Synthesis of Emergency Network Management Strategies and Analysis of Hurricane Katrina
… this approach helps to advance current knowledge by generating a new interpretive synthesis. Since current research practices and knowledge development in emergency management is excessively divergent, there has been a need for a synthesis of knowledge from practice and research. One of the main …
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