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Does a Brief Mindfulness Intervention Improve Distress Tolerance among Athletes?
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Trait mindfulness has been found to be a beneficial characteristic of athletes. However, the research on mindfulness interventions has been limited, poorly described, and poorly designed. The current study sought to determine ...
The Body Inversion Effect: The Role of Visual Appearance on Body Processing
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The purpose of this study was to determine if body stimuli are uniquely processed by the
visual recognition system. First, my results supported past findings showing that body processing
differs from object processing ...
Re-Examining the Psychometric Properties of the Massachusetts General Hospital Hairpulling Scale
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Trichotillomania is characterized by recurrent hair pulling resulting in hair loss and has been shown to have a significant impact on the health and social functioning of individuals with the disorder. Despite a growing ...
Bayesian Lasso Models – With Application to Sports Data
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Several statistical models were proposed by researchers to fulfill the objective of correctly predicting the winners of sports game, for example, the generalized linear model (Magel & Unruh, 2013) and the probability ...
Demographic Analysis of Student Evaluations
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Data was collected from North Dakota State University’s student rating of
instructor’s forms during the fall of 2013 and the spring of 2014. This thesis investigates
differences between male and female instructor’s ...
Comparison of Proposed K Sample Tests with Dietz's Test For Nondecreasing Ordered Alternatives for Bivariate Exponential Data
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
Comparison of powers is essential to determine the best test that can be used for data under certain specific conditions. Likewise, several nonparametric methods have been developed for testing the ordered alternatives. ...
Analyzing and Controlling Biases in Student Rating of Instruction
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Many colleges and universities have adopted the student ratings of instruction (SROI) system as one of the measures for instructional effectiveness. This study aims to establish a predictive model and address two questions ...
A Multi-trait Mixed-model for Genome-wide Association Study in Barley Population
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Genome-wide association study (GWAS) is a standard approach for studying the genetics of natural variation, typically focusing on association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and traits. For GWAS, if multiple ...
Analysis of Significant Factors in Division I Men's College Basketball and Development of a Predictive Model
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
While a number of statistics are collected during an NCAA Division I men’s college
basketball game, it is potentially of interest to universities, coaches, players, and fans which of
these variables are most significant ...
On Distance Perception
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
A crucial, but little studied, visual function involves estimating distance from the self to an object in the environment (absolute distance perception). This is a fundamental component in the creation of our perception ...