Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (1940-2009)
This collection gathers digitized University of Houston theses and dissertations dating from 1940.
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An analysis of the structure-conduct relationship of firms in a selected retail market
(1967)The purpose of this in depth study is to ascertain how satisfactorily the received economic doctrine explains the structure-conduct relationship in a selected household consumer durable market with respect to specific ... -
The feasibility of using accounting information to measure economic profit and performance
(1971)One of the serious shortcomings of current public policy for the control of industrial organizations is the lack of sufficient criteria for the evaluation of economic performance of a firm or industry. Because of the lack ... -
The geographic mobility of labor : An investigation of the role of wages and unemployment rates in the migration process
(1971)While research on the geographic mobility of labor has as its basic objective the evaluation of the labor market's efficiency in reallocating manpower resources, previous economic empirical research has concentracted on ... -
Real and pecuniary capital in the industrialization process : A case study of Cyprus
(1968)The empirical analysis of this study was devoted to a systematic investigation of the possible effects of real and pecuniary capital on the industrial development of underdeveloped countries, with particular reference to ... -
Economic rationale of science policy in the federal establishment
(1967)The methodology utilized is the institutional approach. Science policy and the place of economics within science policy is examined. In the process the historical interrelation of science with technology is considered and ... -
The development of personhood in young women, individual, social, and political : Beginning questions
(1972)The basic questions of this 110-page study are: In an age of feminist revival, a time when conflicting pressures seek to mold a young woman, how does she perceive the traditional forces, the alternative forces, and herself? ... -
A survey of Houston abortion clinics and suggestions for improvement
(1974)On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court made a ruling declaring the states' laws against abortions to be unconstitutional. Since that time, clinics and hospitals all over the country have been performing thousands of abortions ... -
The clinical application of hypnosis
(1973)After a brief review of the literature and finding no accepted definition of hypnosis, three questions were posed. 1. What is hypnosis? 2. Why is it difficult to define? 3. What areas need to be investigated to further the ... -
Sensory preconditioning in the goldfish
(1972)Sensory preconditioning (SPC) has been demonstrated in organisms from humans to birds on the phylogenetic scale. Several attempts to precondition fish, however, have been unsuccessful. This study was an attempt to make use ... -
Probability estimation in a chance task with changing probabilities
(1973)Subjects made sequential estimates of the probability of occurrence of one event in a chance-controlled binary-event sampling situation. Subjects whose samples were drawn from populations in which the probability of ... -
Pirates of Hawaii
(1942)Until recent years, all who guided children's reading relied upon the "classics," which have received general acceptance as worthy literature; or else they relied upon the books which they had found satisfactory during ... -
Construction and validation of a scale for predicting graduation from a college of optometry
(1963)The purpose of this study was to construct and validate a scale for the prediction of successful completion of the educational requirements for the practice of Optometry. The subjects for this study were males who had been ... -
The relationship between ego development and peer status
(1974)The relation between ego development and peer status was examined by using the Washington University Sentence Completion Test for Measuring Ego Development and a sociometric test. Eighteen high school girls from the senior ... -
The application of cluster analysis to the development of a typology of narcotic addicts
(1973)A review of the extensive body of literature on narcotic addiction reveals several major flaws. Addiction and related concepts are poorly defined and almost purely theoretical; there is little empirical data reported. The ... -
A new look at the Wonderlic Personnel Test
(1970)The purpose of this study was to scrutinize a very popular and widely used mental ability or general intelligence test, the Wonderlic Personnel Test, in a very rigorous fashion in relation to three general questions: (a) ... -
An evaluation of educational television in the Houston area
(1952)Because of the newness of television, educators who desire to work with it have found that they are dealing with a great many intangibles. So far, there has been no direct application of television to education. The ... -
A survey : The employment of women in certain phases of television production
(1955)In the field communcation, television has become the most prominent source of entertainment, education and information. The growth of the television industry has been extremely rapid. As a result of this remarkable growth ... -
Production knowledge essential for radio-television time salesmen for network affiliates in the Texas area
(1956)Since very little research had been done relative to the business side of the broadcasting industry, the author decided to concentrate upon sales departments and analyze the radio-television time salesmen with the major ... -
Male oriented vocabulary as a form of political dominance and a cause of female alienation from politics : A content analysis of newspaper terminology
(1973)This thesis explores some aspects of political socialization. It specifically will look at language patterns in political literature. The study of the language patterns in political literature leads to the formulation of ...
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