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Theses/Dissertations from 1975
A Descriptive Study Regarding Perceptions of Sex Roles in Cooperative Households, Emily Fultz and Billie Huntwork
Interactions in the Frequencies of Electric Organ Discharge by Eigenmannia Virescens (Sternopygidae, Pisces) During Social Behavior, Philip Gaddis
Sentencing: a study of the effects of presentence report recommendations upon the sentencing practices of judges in Multnomah County, Oregon, John George Gardin II
A Comparison of Responses Between Two Different Socioeconomic Groups on the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts, Teri Jones Geist
The role of zinc in dihydroorotase, Pamela S. Gilchrist
A Study of the Career Education Program at Mountain View Intermediate School, Beaverton School District #48, Beaverton, Oregon, William Calvin Greene
Exteroceptive Influence on a Marihuana Induced Conditioned Taste Aversion, Albert William Greenwood
The Use and Evaluation of Gestalt Techniques in a Program for the Parents of Handicapped Children, Richard Roy Hammond and Robert E. Phillips
An Evaluative Study of Yellow Brick Road, Cherry Hartman and Nan Narboe
Mixed Media Drawings with Emphasis on Ceramic Materials, Timothy Jopseph Harvey
Construction and Implementation of an Individualized Math Program for Sixth Graders, Lynda Sylvia Hatch
Chronological Age, Mental Age and Socioeconomic Status Variance in Expressive Preposition Acquisition of Young Children, Arthur J. Heckel
The morphology of the eye of the purple shore crab, Hemigrapsus nudus, Sharon E. Heisel
Structure vs. Meaning in Subliminal Perception, Margaret Anne Callan Hoisington
Variations of the form and image of the modern hero, Lee Hunt
Social Workers' Attitudes About Poverty, Trudy Hussmann
An Exploratory Study of the Role of Research in Social Work at Portland State University, Jo Mackay Imeson and Audrey Englebardt Zalutsky
Indian Alcoholism on Reservations, Cleora E. Jackson
A Comparative Study of the Relative Incidence of Various Vocal Parameters Among Black and White College Females, Barbara Kuhl Jacobs
Marx on population: a critical review including a comparison to Malthus and a new perspective on Marx, David Orval Jermain
Assessment of Short Term Behavioral Changes in Emotionally Handicapped Children Enrolled in a Special Education Program, James S. Johnston and Karen Shilling
Reconciliation and reunion, Myron K. Jordan
Implications of American Missionary Presence in 19th and 20th Century Iran, Linda Colleen Karimi
The Dynamics of an HCP Crystal with a Substitutional Defect, Pramod C. Karulkar