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Rationality and Voting: a Downsian Analysis of the 1972 Election
(Political Research Quarterly, 1980-03-01)
Diagnosis of Low Back Injury Using Strength Measurement
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 1984-10-01)
A study was conducted to investigate the feasibility of using strength measurement as a diagnostic technique for assessing low back injuries involving symptomatic lumbar spine disease. The approach was to evaluate differences ...
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 ...
Perspectives on Reading, Language arts, and Learning Disabilities
(Learning Disability Quarterly, 1980-11-01)
Statistical Tests of Group Differences in ALSCAL-Derived Subject Weights: Some Monte Carlo Results
(Applied Psychological Measurement, 1985-09-01)
Several techniques to test for group differences in weighted multidimensional scaling (MDS) subject weights have recently been proposed. The present study presents monte carlo results to evaluate the op erating characteristics ...
Speed-Accuracy Tradeoffs in Spatial Orientation Information Processing
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 1983-10-01)
A study was conducted to further evaluate the Manikin Task, a test of spatial orientation information processing. The objectives of the study were to determine the speed vs. accuracy tradeoff characteristics of the task ...
Cultural Context of Administrative Theory: In Consideration of a Multidimensional Paradigm
(Educational Administration Quarterly, 1985-02-01)
The continuing perceived complexity of educational systems and the current status of organizational and administrative theory suggest the need for a renewed theory-building effort in the field of educational administration. ...
What Makes Ms. Johnson Teach? A Study of Teacher Motivation
(Human Relations, 1985-09-01)
The need configurations underlying the motivations of public school teachers are examined here with regard to teacher perceptions of pay equity relative to other factors such as work autonomy, intrinsic work elements, and ...
The Effects of Emotional Support on Perceived Job Stress and Strain
(The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 1984-04-01)
This article uses a national sample of social workers to examine the relationship between work stress, strain, and emotional support. These results indicate negative associations between support and perceived stress and ...
Majority Voting On Tax Shares: a Simple Life-Cycle Model
(Public Finance Review, 1981-01-01)
This article presents a simple model of majority voting on tax shares in which Abstract voters perceive the tax structure to be chosen as a permanent institution under which each voter's tax burden will be determined ...