This study was conducted to appraise the effect of occupational clothing programs in home economics on the development of employment skills of specific high school graduates. The investigation was directed toward determining the extent occupational graduates were prepared to be productive and reliable in the apparel industry as compared to a control group of other high school graduates who had had no prior industrial sewing training or experience. Also studied were the opinions and suggestions made by managers in the apparel industry regarding the occupational program and its graduates. / The population for the study was chosen from the northeastern portion of the state of Mississippi. It encompassed the apparel manufacturing industries which had employed May 1976 to May 1979 graduates of the State's various occupational home economics programs which offered training in industrial sewing. Participants included 12 occupational home economics teachers, management personnel in 26 apparel manufacturing firms, 70 occupational graduates, and a control group of 67 other high school graduates. / Two instruments were used to collect data for this research. The first was a questionnaire mailed to occupational teachers to secure data on graduate placement. The second instrument, developed for interviewing managers in apparel firms, was designed to provide data to test hypotheses that there would be no significant differences between occupational clothing program graduates and other high school graduates regarding: (1) length of employment, (2) tardiness and absenteeism, (3) length of on-the-job training, (4) ability to meet production schedules, (5) quality of work, and (6) reasons for leaving employment or for being terminated. / The two-sample hypothesis test on the group mean revealed that there were no significant differences between occupational clothing graduates and other high school graduates in relation to length of employment, absenteeism, length of on-the-job training, ability to meet production schedules, and quality of work. There was a significant difference, however, between the two groups regarding tardiness. The Chi Square Test had been selected to evaluate the differences between the graduates in relation to reasons for leaving employment and for being terminated, but because the data did not contain at least five responses in each cell frequency, significant differences could not be determined. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-08, Section: A, page: 3472. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.

The major purpose of this exploratory study was to develop a profile of educators within the Home Economics' discipline who are receptive to technological innovation in respect to selected demographic characteristics, previous technological experiences, and computer attitudes. A self-administered questionnaire was designed by the researcher. Section one requested information pertaining to the educators' race, age, marital status, household income, degree preparation, and present employment status. Section two asked for information about the respondents' knowledge and experience with technical products and services, and section three was a 30-Item Computer Attitude Scale developed by Loyd and Gressard. / A convenience sample of 237 educators, members of AHEA attending the 76th annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania were administered the questionnaire. Data from 218 female educators were obtained and analyzed. A post hoc appraisal was conducted to determine how similar or dissimilar the sample was from the general 1979 AHEA membership survey population. / Descriptive statistics, including chi-square analysis, were used to reveal the overall characteristics of the sample. Pearson Product Moment Correlations identified the associations existing between innovation adopters and non-adopters and the users of home computers. / Results revealed no significant differences in age or educational attainment between the computer innovation adopters and non-adopters. Significant differences were found between the adopters who had incomes of $30,000 or more and the non-adopters whose incomes were less than \$30,000. There were also significant differences in marital status with more adopters than non-adopters married. A greater percentage of adopters than non-adopters used nine of the ten technical product/service items. Non-adopters were greater users of video games. There were no identifiable differences in the computer attitude of adopters or non-adopters; both groups had favorable attitudes toward the computer. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-08, Section: A, page: 2128. / Major Professor: Carol E. Avery. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1988.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 38-05, Section: A, page: 2613. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1977.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 37-07, Section: A, page: 4178. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1976.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 37-12, Section: A, page: 7580. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1976.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 38-12, Section: A, page: 7184. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1977.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 39-11, Section: A, page: 6590. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1978.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 35-09, Section: B, page: 4529. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1974.

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