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The career patterns and intragenerational mobility processes for mature American women
(1980)
Based on data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Work Experience, this research assesses three major life career patterns for mature American women: home, labor force, and mixed careers. The research then evaluates ...
The role of mentors in the lives of national merit scholars
(1985)
This study was conducted to determine whether a correlational relationship exists between a measure of independence/autonomy and use of mentors for academically gifted students. The subjects were 418 National Merit Scholars ...
Time series analysis of Generalized Cobb-Douglas production technologies with serial, correlated stochastic technical change : an application to regional agricultural production
(1986)
The focus of this research is on empirical characterization of technical relationships among aggregate factors in regional agricultural production processes. The Generalized Cobb-Douglas (GCD) functional specification is ...
The impact of the 1977 Food and Agriculture Act on cotton production in the United States : a simulation of policy alternatives
(1980)
This study estimates the probable impacts of seven alternative cotton policy scenarios on the crop production industry in the Cotton Belt region of the United States. A belt-wide, regional linear programming model of crop ...
The American public university in the year 2000 : a multiple scenario approach
(1980)
The purpose of this research is to apply the Vanston model of alternate scenario construction to the data base assembled by Miloy to determine the advantages of the multiple-scenario construction over the single-scenario ...
The law and economics of the feasibility criterion as used in section 6(b)(5) of the occupational safety and health act in the occupational noise standard
(1986)
Economics has much to say about the meaning of feasible as used in the OSHA Act and as used in the occupational noise standard. The OSHA Act requires as a condition for the setting of standards that the standard be feasible. ...
Utility function in the domains of gains and losses : an experimental study
(1986)
This study examines how people make decisions under risk and uncertainty. The laboratory experiments are conducted to test some existing models of decision making. The experimental design in this study is different from ...
Effective high school principals' perceptions of the importance of the competencies and related skills in the "Guidelines for the Preparation of School Administrators"
(1989)
The purpose of this study was to survey and analyze two groups of high school principals' perceptions of the importance of the competencies and related skills of the AASA "Guidelines for the Preparation of School ...
The Black and Hispanic undergraduate experience at a major state institution in the Southwest : a five-year assessment
(1989)
Exploratory in nature, this two-stage institutional case study was conducted in response to the declining participation of Blacks and Hispanics in higher education, particularly at predominantly White colleges and universities ...
Administrative functions and tasks common to the positions of president, vice-president of academic affairs, academic deans, and department chairpersons in public institutions of higher education
(1980)
This nationally based research study examined the administrative functions and tasks common to key academic administrative officers practicing in institutions of higher education. The sample consisted of a total of 210 ...