Browsing Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (1940-2009) by Title
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A behavioral description of family interactions in the home and the clinic : Inter and intra setting analysis
(1973)Thirty average families were observed for three evenings as they ate dinner in their own homes. They were also observed eating dinner for an additional session in a structured setting in the clinic. The family behaviors ... -
A commercial occupational survey of one hundred selected business firms of Houston, Texas, as a basis for recommending changes in the high school commercial curriculum
(1949)Problem. The purpose of this study was to Investigate the employment needs for office workers and the job require ments of one hundred selected business firms of Houston, Texas, In order: (1) to determine the adequacy of ... -
A comparative analysis of variables affecting the tax revenue reliance of the 50 United States
(1978)This study describes and contrasts variations in the tax revenue reliance of the 50 states. In addition, the linkages between measures of several demographic, socioeconomic, and governmental characteristics and tax revenue ... -
A comparative study of anti-colonial foreign policy : The cases of Goa and Hong Kong
(1971)The study of foreign policy is of importance to scholars and decision-makers alike. An understanding of the relevant factors involved in the policy process is necessary if one is to attempt to make predictions about the ... -
A comparison of temporal lobe with non-temporal lobe brain damage as shown by various psychological tests
(1966)Purpose of the Study. This study was concerned with the comparison of test results obtained from two groups of brain-damaged patients; e.g., temporal lobe and non-temporal lobe, and a control group of psychiatric patients ... -
A comparison of various methods of recording behavior
(1973)Although observation and interviewing techniques have been increasing in frequency of use for the past 20 years, no work has been reported comparing the different methods used in observation studies. Moreover, little has ... -
A comparison of vocabulary tests in relation to the performance of schizophrenics and normals
(1966)In this study, a comparison of vocabulary tests in terms of the performance of schizophrenics and normals was undertaken. Thirty normal and thirty schizophrenic patients at the Houston Veterans Administration Hospital were ... -
A content analysis of the letters to the editor and the editorial of two metropolitan dailies
(1967)This study was designed to Investigate the relationship between the "Letters to the Editor" column and the editorial policy of two newspapers. The study was formulated with three hypotheses: (1) the subject matter of both ... -
A content analysis of working class popular literature as reflecting class norms
(1973)Content analysis is used to investigate presentations of selected social norms and sex roles in Romantic and Adventure magazines. A systematic sample of stories is selected from magazines appearing on newsstands in January, ... -
A descriptive study of disadvantaged persons, based on information available at the Texas Employment Commission Opportunity Center in Houston
(1969)Despite the increased emphasis on disadvantaged individuals and their educational, occupational, financial, and related problems, there is still a lack of descriptive information available on this group of people. This ... -
A historical and implicative study of Lucretius' De Rerum Natura
(1951)A Historical and Implicative Study of Lucretius' de Rerum Natura. Titus Lucretius Carus, whose private life has been lost to unrecorded history, but whose single gift to posterity, a philosophic poem, has preserved the ... -
A history of Southern Baptists in Houston (1836-1900)
(1952)The Scope and Purpose of this Thesis. This treatise seeks to catalogue the historical events and growth of Southern Baptists in Houston from 1836 through 1900. It is the first time that such a project has been attempted. ... -
A methodological exploration. The use of inverted cluster analysis on MMPI profiles
(1951)The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory has been widely used to evaluate the problems of neuropsychiatric patients. The authors and othrs have stressed the importance of a pattern or profile interpretation of 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) ... -
A preliminary analysis of John Locke's "The Reasonableness of Christianity"
(1978)This essay explores the relationship between John Locke's religious teaching and his conception of the good social and political order as it is presented in his. The Reasonableness of Christianity. The essay's thesis is ... -
A proposed course of study for legal stenographers
(1948)The purpose of this study was: to prepare a one- semester course of study on the college level, which could be used In the training of students for employment as legal secretaries. The Investigation was made (1) by mailing ... -
A relationship study between emotional behavior and sex information shown by students of the University of Houston
(1966)Purpose of the Study. This study was concerned with the relationship of the level of sex information and the behavioral variables, anxiety, repression and aggression from frustration. Previous studies have demonstrated a ...