# Browse College of Liberal Arts and Sciences by Title

• (2002)
This thesis presents a progression from theory development to real-data application. Chapter 1 gives a literature review of other psychometric models for formative assessment, or cognitive diagnosis models, as an introduction ...

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• (1993)
We consider the problem of regressing a dichotomous response variable on a predictor variable. Our interest is in modelling the probability of occurrence of the response as a function of the predictor variable, and in ...

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• (2011-05-25)
The latent class model (LCM) is a statistical method that introduces a set of latent categorical variables. The main advantage of LCM is that conditional on latent variables, the manifest variables are mutually independent ...

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• (2014-01-16)
Accurately measuring individual differences underpins psychological research, educational and clinical decision-making, personnel selection, and managerial practices. Previous research has concluded that ideal point item ...

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• (2011-05-25)
Quantile regression, as a supplement to the mean regression, is often used when a comprehensive relationship between the response variable and the explanatory variables is desired. The traditional frequentists’ approach ...

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• (1998)
In this thesis, the effects of two inhibitors, funiculosin and zinc, on the $bc\sb1$ complex of Rhodobacter sphaeroides, and the role of isocyt $c\sb2$ in the photosynthetic chain were studied. Also the organization of the ...

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• (2012-06-27)
The study of memory is not only an inquiry into what happened but is just as much or more so about what is happening. Therefore, a study of the legacy of slavery requires a conscientious look into the lived experiences of ...

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• (2012-09-18)
This dissertation is divided into three main sections. The main result of Section 1 is that, for $a,b>1$, irrational, the quantity $\log (a/b)$ is not too far'' from the series of fractional parts  \sum_{n=1}^{\i ...

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• (1973)

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• (1995)
This was a study of world view transformation among committed members of a 12 Step mental health mutual help group called GROW. The purpose of the study was to explore and further our understanding of the phenomenon of ...

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• (2012-05-22)
This dissertation is a twentieth-century social history of the relationship between mixed marriage and national identity in Bosnia-Herzegovina. More precisely, it examines the ways in which different types of elites—political, ...

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• (1984)
Although not in itself a historiographic study, this dissertation proceeds from a historiographic point of departure. An introduction reviews the peculiar manner in which elements of anti-Spanish sentiment recognizeable ...

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• (1962)

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• (1997)
In summary then, in my study I have been able to provide additional evidence of the close relationship between the Aulacophorina and the Diabroticina. The similar response and adaptation to cucurbitacins by these beetles ...

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• (1968)

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• (1985)
An experimental analysis has been carried out for the kinematics of a Newtonian (glycerin solution) and a non-Newtonian (polyacrylamide solution) fluid undergoing flow past a radially oriented cylinder in both a converging ...

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• (1964)

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• (1974)

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