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A Comparison of Two Approaches to Learning to Detect Harmonic Alterations
(Journal of Research in Music Education, 1988-07-01)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate instructional activities and practice techniques of musicians attempting to improve their accuracy in detecting errors in music examples heard. In this study, a commonly recommended ...
The Platonic Paradox: Plato's Rhetoric in Contemporary Rhetoric and Composition Studies
(Written Communication, 1988-01-01)
This article surveys and analyzes the contemporary reception of Plato's rhetorical theory in contemporary rhetoric and composition studies by examining the response from three current perspectives: (1) presenting Plato as ...
Dealing with Work Stress and Strain: Is the Perception of Support more Important than its Use?
(The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 1988-05-01)
The authors conducted a study of the relationship between the perception and use of support in one's work environment and their effects on perceived stress and strain. The analytic sample consisted of 480 social workers ...
Visual Assessment vs. Statistical Goodness of Fit Tests for Identifying Parent Population
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 1988-10-01)
Statistical tests are used to identify the parent distribution corresponding to a data set. A human observer looking at a histogram can also identify a probability distribution that models the parent distribution. The ...
Wave Propagation in Fiber Reinforced Composites for Oblique Incidence
(Journal of Composite Materials, 1988-03-01)
Persisters and Nonpersisters In A Graduate Level, Nontraditional, Liberal Education Program
(Adult Education Quarterly, 1988-09-01)
This exploratory study focused upon persisters and nonpersisters in a graduate level, nontraditional, liberal education program. Five demographic factors proved to be significant: age, type of Bachelor's degree held, years ...
Metropolitan, Nonmetropolitan, and Sectional Variations in Voting Behavior in Recent Presidential Elections
(Political Research Quarterly, 1988-03-01)
Tactical Advantages Versus Administrative Heter Ogeneity
(Comparative Political Studies, 1988-04-01)
The argument examines two contrasting views of state authority in France and reopens the question of “strong” versus “weak” states. To do so, it explores the traditional Rousseauian view of the strong state and contrasts ...
American Religion and Politics: A Review Essay
(Political Research Quarterly, 1988-12-01)