Browsing Master's Theses--UW-Whitewater by Title
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Cognitive dissonance theory and alcohol awareness messages : college student reactions
(2008-09-02)College students spend more money on alcohol than they do on books, coffee, tea, juice and soda, combined (Wechsler & Wuerthrich, 2002). Recent studies have shown that binge drinking rates range from 34 to 44% of college ... -
Cohort racial composition: the impact on student achievement
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-04)I examine the effect racial composition of a classroom has on student achievement. Utilizing a first differencing approach to perform adjacent cohort-to-cohort comparisons, I can allow for randomness of births within a ... -
College choices among African American students
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2012-06)Since the Brown v. Board of education case of 1954, college and university choices for African American students have expanded from just historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to that of predominately white ... -
College choices among African American students
(2012)Since the Brown vs. Board of Education case of 1954, college and university choices for African American students have expanded from just historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to that of predominately white ... -
College students' perception of self-disclosure in the student-instructor relationship
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2007-12-10)A communication construct that relates to student-instructor interaction, both inside and outside of the classroom environment, is self-disclosure. Self-disclosure occurs when an individual tells another individual about ... -
A cost efficiency analysis of local commercial banks in Taiwan
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2015-12-20)This study uses a Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) model to evaluate the relative cost efficiency of each local commercial bank in Taiwan. The data was available through the website of Taiwan’s Banking Bureau and Financial ... -
Creatine and other nutritional supplements : issues for young athletes
(2011)Never before in the history of American sport has there been such a demand to win and such an expectation to excel. This demand has led many young athletes to experiment with creatine and other nutritional supplements. ... -
Creatine and other nutritional supplements: issues for young athletes
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2011-11-30)Never before in the history of American sport has there been such a demand to win and such an expectation to excel. This demand has led many young athletes to experiment with creatine and other nutritional supplements. ... -
Cross cultural interactions of international students
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2012-05-08)The purpose of this study was to explore the cross cultural interactions of international students in college, and how those cross cultural interactions affect them as students. Specifically, this study focused on the ways ... -
Cross cultural interactions of international students
(2012)The purpose of this study was to explore the cross cultural interactions of international students in college, and how those cross cultural interactions affect them as students. Specifically, this study focused on the ways ... -
Deep learning for musical form: recognition and analysis
(University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, 2022-04)Musical form analysis is a rigorous task that frequently challenges the expertise of human analysts and signal processing algorithms alike. While numerous systems have been proposed to perform the tasks of musical segmentation, ... -
The development of an assessment tool to gather evidence and evaluate the progress of performance skills of students in the Edgerton High School Band
(2005-04-30)Because of the block schedule and the lack of certain basic music skills among the incoming band students at Edgerton High School, it is necessary to create a system to help students establish their basic performance skills. ... -
Differences in maximal exercise during running and cycling as a function of mode of exercise for training and competition
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2014-06-16)The purpose of this research project was to compare maximal exercise during running and cycling in athletes who train and compete in running, athletes who train and compete in cycling, and athletes who train and compete ... -
Does the population planning policy in China affects fertility as the policymakers expected?
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2019-07)China’s implementation of the One Child Policy created a setting where households were compelled to reduce family size. Traditional economic theory clearly predicts reductions in fertility will drive households to pursue ... -
The economic impact of pocket parks on residential property values: case study--Madison, Wisconsin
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-12)When value of a property is assessed, the true determinants of the value of that property is in the attributes attached to that property. What individuals are willing to pay for is the attribute package that will give the ... -
The effect of crime on healthcare utilization : a panel data approach
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2017-07)This paper utilizes a behavioral model proposed by Andersen (1968) as motivation and a unique dataset compiled from three sources to test the effect that non-contemporaneous crime has on health care utilization. Using the ... -
Effect of nicotine and muscle performance using a Wingate Anaerobic Test on collegiate football players
(2006-06-12)Nicotine is a naturally occurring addictive alkaloid and in some cases, a lethal drug. The long-term harmful effects of nicotine have been widely documented through means of publications, commercials and even billboards ... -
The effect of publicly provided pre-Kindergarten community approach programs on Wisconsin district-level test scores
(2016)Since the turn of the millennium, there has been a significant increase in the number of Wisconsin school districts offering pre-kindergarten programs. Among these programs, districts either employ the traditional or the ... -
The effect of weather on crime : an investigation of weather and annual crime rates
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2017-07)This paper investigates the effect of temperature and precipitation on murder, rape, homicide, and burglary levels in California from 2000-2010. It uses annual data to smooth out the effects of short-term, stress-inducing ... -
Effects of autoregulatory progressive resistance exercise periodization versus linear periodization on muscular strength and anaerobic power in collegiate wrestlers
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2015-06)The main purpose of this study was to observe the effects of the autoregulatory progressive resistance exercise (APRE) protocol versus linear periodization (LP) on anaerobic and strength performances in collegiate wrestlers. ...