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Understanding and modeling changes in KYOVA tri-state housing data from 1970 to 2010
No full textThis research explores spatial statistics and visualization for Census and American Community Survey variable changes from 1970 to 2010 in the KYOVA region. The created variables “Change in Median Home Value”, and “Change in Total Units” are selected for statistical and visual spatial analysis through map comparison, Global and Local Moran’s I tests, Gettis-Ord Gi* tests, and for use as dependent in an Ordinary Least Squares regression model. These results are discussed within a conceptual framework with briefs on central place theory, deindustrialization, suburbanization, systems thinking, demolition policy, building obsolescence, historic preservation, and mobility/migration as these concepts have power to explain some results of the spatial statistics and visualization. Resource limitations and areas for future research inquiry are identified. The intent of this research is for potential application to decision making
The impact of leveled literacy kits on family engagement and school-to-home connections: stakeholders’ perceptions
Get PDFMany caregivers do not have materials at home to read with their student that is on the student’s reading level. Educators do not always have the appropriate materials to send home to each student on their reading level. The goal for caregivers is to feel confident in having resources at home to help their students, educators, and caregivers to engage in literacy-focused family engagement and to have a school-home connection. However, based on multiple studies, many students read below grade level, and schools struggle with literacy-focused family engagement and making school-home connections. This study aimed to determine the impact of leveled literacy kits on family engagement and school-to-home connections from the stakeholders’ perceptions. To help with this determination, the study examined stakeholders\u27 perceptions of their experience with the leveled literacy kits and the procedures for checking them in and out. The study also examined caregivers\u27 perceptions after checking out a leveled literacy kit on engagement with the school and confidence in reading with their student. After data collection, the leveled literacy kits were found to be an effective resource tool for literacy-focused family engagement and making school-to-home connections
The opioid epidemic: Effects on recidivism in West Virginia
Get PDFThe opioid epidemic began in the 1990s with an increased prescribing of opioids across the nation. Between the years 2013 and 2014, opioid overdose death rates began to increase in West Virginia. By the year 2015, West Virginia held the highest number of opioid overdose death rates in the country. In 2021, fatal overdoses claimed more than 1,417 lives in West Virginia and of those 1,417, an estimated 1,201 of them were due to opioid use.
West Virginia had the highest opioid drug overdose rate in the nation and one of the highest incarceration rates for opioid-dependent individuals. West Virginia had a recidivism rate of 24% at the beginning of 2023. In addition to that, an estimated 58% of people in state prison and 63% of people sentenced to a local jail suffer from drug dependency or abuse.
The purpose of this research is to determine if the opioid epidemic influenced the recidivism rates in West Virginia. The working hypothesis was that the opioid epidemic caused an increase in recidivism rates in West Virginia.
The intended methodology for this research was a qualitative literature review, involving articles related to incarcerated inmates and the opioid epidemic. In addition to an IRB approved structured interview.
The results of this study found that recidivism rates were affected by more than just the opioid epidemic and the opioid epidemic was just a by-product of a much larger issue found in West Virginia
Undated Wartime Letter from Chuck Yeager to Glennis Yeager
Get PDFLetter in which Chuck Yeager describes to Glennis Yeager recent training exercises and his poor morale, along with where he will be moved.https://mds.marshall.edu/yeager/1131/thumbnail.jp