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Home Sweet Home: A Statistical Analysis of Home Court Advantage in Division I College Basketball
Get PDFHome court advantage is a term that has been used throughout the basketball world by everyone from broadcasters and TV analysts to athletes and coaches to fans. It is a reference to the perceived benefit that the home team receives by playing in their own arena or stadium. Much of the prior research on home court advantage has centered around the reasons that it exists and how it impacts the play on the court through box score statistics. Building on this previous research, this study performs a statistical analysis of men\u27s college basketball to determine if home court advantage is reflected in a team\u27s record of wins and losses and its winning percentage. Using data from the last seven full seasons from the Big East Conference, the researcher utilizes hypothesis tests with different setups to confirm or deny a statistically significant home court advantage for each individual team and between teams in the conference
A Natural Dialogue Partner: Sri Ramakrishna’s Anekānta–VijñānaVedānta and Claim to Avatārhood as a Resource for Hindu-Christian Studies
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The Machine is Angry
Get PDFAt its heart (or lack thereof) The Machine is Angry is a theater work. The visual components are as equally important as their acoustic counterparts. Sounds are only as valuable as the images they evoke and the intention of The Machine is to outline a picture that simultaneously conveys community and isolation; the idea that one can feel most alone when in a crowded room
Al-Andalus
No full textOne of the largest cultural centers in all of human history took place in what is modern day Spain and Portugal. During the Islamic rule, this general area was known as Al-Andalus. Each of us have taken to diving in depth into a particular aspect of this Western Islamic rule. Specifically, we delved into the politics and societal conventions, architecture, art, economics, and philosophy
Musical Hybridization and Political Contradiction: The Success of Arthur Honegger’s Antigone in Vichy France
Get PDFMinistry in Medicine: Patient Perceptions of Healthcare Professionals Praying in the Workplace
Get PDFIn the United States healthcare system, many patients practice prayer which causes healthcare providers to navigate the boundaries of patient-practitioner relationship when considering offering to pray with their patients. Practitioners should have the freedom to offer prayer to their patients because of the healing and calming properties of prayer. This study examines how patients respond when practitioners offer to pray with them, whether patients consider religion when selecting a healthcare provider, and if prayer from a provider with a religious affiliation different from their own impacts the desire for patients to accept prayer
Toward a More Holistic Worldview: Environmental Values in Context
Get PDFThis study extensively examines the formation of pro-environmental behaviors as mediated by the Value-Belief-Norm (VBN) Theory. Using this theoretical framework, qualitative, in-depth interviews were conducted with a small number of Butler University students (n=10). The findings of the data collection demonstrate the limitations of the VBN Theory when applied to pro-environmental behavior. Data analysis demonstrates the role that formative experiences, environmental education, and connectedness to nature can play as intervening influences in the linear translation posited by the VBN Theory. Moreover, the confluence of various values that emerged among research participants suggests the need for a more holistic value orientation based on ecological integrity and the recognition of the connections, rather than distinctions, between systems. This study therefore offers the grounds for the refinement and expansion of the VBN Theory based on the limitations described above. In addition, Indigenous knowledge presents an existing resource for a robust recognition of ecological interdependence and the ways in which human activity can uphold and prolong environmental integrity. As such, Indigenous knowledge systems offer a fruitful opportunity for future research and environmental action
Effects of Personal Relevance and Consensus Information on Feminist Self-Identification
Get PDFPast research has identified several factors that contribute to the likelihood of a person self-identifying as a feminist. However, although prior work points to the importance of the perceived relevancy of the feminist movement and the public\u27s consensus about it, previous research has not looked at these two factors specifically. Using an experimental methodological approach, the current study had participants read a news article about feminism that was either low or high in personal relevancy, followed by exposure to comments supposedly left by previous readers that suggested most others viewed feminism positively or negatively, after which participants reported to what extent they identify as a feminist. The results indicated that neither perceived relevance nor consensus information significantly affected feminist self-identification, although manipulation checks suggested that the independent variables were only partially successful in generating their intended effects. Exploratory analyses suggested that consensus information may have an effect on feminist self-identification for individuals possessing low levels of knowledge about the feminist movement. This study laid the groundwork for future research intended to identify the factors that promote and inhibit feminist self-identification
Cultural, Political, and Choreographic Developments of Feminism in Classical Ballet
Get PDFThis thesis was an exploration of how the female ballerina can be better represented in the culture, aesthetics, and politics of ballet. Despite the patriarchal and misogynistic traditions that this artform is steeped in, women have made significant strides in reclaiming ballet as a tool of female empowerment, rather than of suppression or objectification. A disparity of leadership positions, a traditionally disempowering training system, misogynistic ballet narratives, and patterns of abuse and harassment all combine to create a world which disempowers female dancers on multiple levels. Despite these realities, women have been at the forefront of narrowing wage and opportunity gaps, encouraging transparency about mental and physical health, speaking out against harmful power dynamics, and creating ballets which tell a more complete story of the female experience. This thesis aimed to emphasize the work that is being done to remedy these systemic issues, while also further exploring the question of female empowerment through the ballet technique. In conjunction with the research that was done into the broader topic, I created a full-length piece designed to illustrate the process by which the ballet technique might be able to serve the ballerina herself, rather than the man who constructed her. This collaborative choreographic process incorporated inspiration from several other choreographers who have also grappled with the topic of female representation through ballet movement. I aimed to collaborate with my dancers to portray the intrinsic strength of the ballerina and the freedom of artistic expression that can be found through the technique