Landon Sego and Drs. Howard B. Christensen, Statistics; Stephen J. Bahr, Sociology Objective To investigate and quantitatively document the differences between analyzing survey sample data with traditional statistical software (SAS) and with statistical software designed for the analysis of survey samples (SUDAAN). Background Most standard statistical software packages perform calculations based on the ideal assumption […]
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CHELEX, GUANIDINE, AND PHENOL/CHLOROFORM: A COMPARISON OF EXTRACTIONS FOR ANCIENT DNA FROM DENTIN POWDER
J. Daniel Rasband, Department of Zoology Abstract Several different methods have been employed in the extraction and amplification of ancient DNA (aDNA). The work in this thesis Is an effort to compare three popular extraction techniques, chelex, guanidine/ silica slurry, and phenol/chloroform, as applied to extracting DNA from the dentin of ancient teeth. Modern and […]
Comparison of Two Body Composition Measurement Methods: Bod Pod and DEXA
Kenric L. Russell and Dr. Larry Tucker, Physical Education People with excess weight, and especially excess body fat, have an increased risk for many health problems. These problems include heart disease, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, increased morbidity and mortality from diabetes, and cancer. The National Center for Health Statistics recently reported that 33% of Americans are overweight. […]
Economic Self-Control and Impulsivity in Money Decisions: A Comparison of High School Students with Rural or Urban Backgrounds
Becky Malquist and Dr. Harold L. Miller Jr., Psychology Do you buy the brand new car now and take out a large loan, or do you save a little longer and buy a used one so that, in the end, you pay less? Do you take the spur-of-the-moment Caribbean cruise, or do you stick to […]
Destructive Testing Versus Nondestructive Evaluation: A Statistical Comparison
Geraldine Hansen and Dr. C. Shane Reese, Statistics Researchers and developers in manufacturing and industry are often confronted with the problem of testing component functionality. Two important testing methods used on equipment are destructive testing (DT) or nondestructive evaluation (NDE). DT implies that the part is destroyed by disassembly, or it is destroyed by utilizing […]
A Comparison of Surface and Deep Temperature Changes Using Ice and Chemical Cold Packs
Steven Allen Bernards and Dr. Kenneth Knight, Physical Education Cryotherapy (cold therapy) is the use of ice or cold in the immediate care of acute musculoskeletal injuries such as sprains or contusions. When ice or another temperature lowering product is applied soon after an injury, pain, swelling, and secondary hypoxic injury are minimized. Secondary hypoxic […]
A Comparison of Computational Efficiency: Cholesky Decomposition and Spectral Methods for the Generation of Fractional Brownian Motion
Micah S. Allred and Dr. David Clark, Mathematics Since its popularization by Mandelbrot and Von Ness in the early 60’s, Fractional Brownian Motion (fBm), has found a great many applications in such fields as Option Pricing, Signal Processing, Internet Traffic, Hydrology, and Geology. This process is an extension of Brownian Motion which allows for a […]
Teaching Through Comparison, A Study Manual Focusing on French, German, and Italian Language Acquisition
Coogan S. Rencz and Dr. Mentor-Cynthia Hallen, Linguistics Informing ourselves through comparison is a natural process. We seldom make decisions without comparing a few options. We evaluate the quality of everything from artistic techniques, to computers, to pets based on comparisons. Through the humbling process of trial and error we learn from our mistakes. We […]
Progressive Women: A Comparison of Women’s Status in France, Morocco, and Tunisia
Margo Alana Larson and Dr. Donna Lee Bowen, Political Science Western perception of Muslim women remains riddled with negative stigmas regarding women’s perceived lack of personal status rights. France as the center of all cultural advances was thought of as being advanced in the area of female status rights as well. As ideas moved from […]
Improvisation: A Comparison between Aural and Theoretical Learning
Tyler Jensen and Professor Ray Smith, Jazz The study of jazz is a relatively new pedagogy in our educational system. Much of what has been established has been the result of applying classical and existing pedagogical practices to the subject of jazz. The majority of this teaching approach is theoretical in nature, using knowledge of chords, […]
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