This community houses work produced by South Dakota State University graduate students. The collection includes both born digital ETDs, and digitized versions of printed theses and dissertations from 1883 to 2012.
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    ETDS from 1962

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    An Analysis of Newspaper Columns Written by South Dakota County Agents and a Readership Study of Four Examples, John Lavern Pates

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    Self-estimation of Scholastic Ability and its Relationship to Academic Success of Freshman Students at South Dakota State College, James O. Pedersen

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    An Empirical Investigation of the Significant Others Concept, Eugene Gilbert Peniston

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    An Investigation of Printing Procurement Methods and Systems Used in Selected Business Enterprises, Donald F. Reilly

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    Analysis and Testing of Steel Folded Plate Roof Unit, Fred J. Rittershaus

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    A Study of the Educational Backgrounds and Practical Journalistic Experiences of 107 South Dakota Weekly Newspaper Publishers, Dennis Joseph Sale

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    The Coverage of Elementary and Secondary Education and Education-related Activities by South Dakota Daily Newspapers, Kermith E. Sheimo

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    A Study Determining the Muscular Fitness Status of Cerro Gordo, Illinois, Public School Students as Determined by the AAHPER Fitness Test and the Kraus-Weber Test, Lawrence I. Smith

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    A Cost Comparison and Profit Margin Study of Six South Dakota Printing Firms in Five Major Population Areas, William H. Smith

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    Studies on the Protein Requirements of Laying Hens, Virgil Allen Stangeland

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    A History of Theatre and Theatrical Activities in Brookings, South Dakota From 1879 Through 1898, Theodore R. Switzer

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    Inheritance of Reaction of a Diallel Set of Diploid Alfalfa Clones to Two Pathogens of the Blackstem Complex, Sadi A. Tamimi

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    The Effect of Varying Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilization on the Yield, Percent Nitrogen Content and Amino Acids of Oats Planted on Different Dates and Different Soil Types, Jon I. Teng

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    The Effect of a Prescribed Pre-season Weight-training Program Upon a Select Group of Varsity Baseball Candidates, Philip Elliot Trooien

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    Influence of Nitrate, Vitamin A and Protein Level on Feedlot Performance and Vitamin A Status of Fattening Cattle, Burton Arthur Weichenthal

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    Major Differences Between Ten Top-ranking and Ten Bottom-ranking South Dakota High Schools: A Study in English, Phyllis Bonner Weichenthal

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    The Effects of a Rebound Tumbling Program Upon Body Weight, Body Measurements, Adipose Tissue, Leg Strength, Explosive Power of the Legs, and the Endurance of College Women, Maryjane Houske Weisbecker

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    An Approach to Selection for Relative Water-use Efficiency Through its Relationship to Other Plant Characters in Eight Oat Varieties, Neil Wayne Widstrom

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    Corona Induced Bond Cleavage in Gaseous Fluorocarbons, Virginia Rose Widstrom

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    Beef Cattle Selection Indices and Phenotypic Correlations Among Certain Characteristics, Lowell L. Wilson

    ETDS from 1961

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    A Comparison of Criteria Favored for Promotion by Employers with Criteria Favored for Promotion by Employees in the Printing Industry of Baton Rouge, La., Mitchell Albert

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    Bacteriological Studies of the Thermoduric Anaerobic and Non-thermoduric Anaerobic Population of Alfalfa Silage Prepared with the Addition of Preservatives, Lawrence P. Cadman

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    The Effect of a Progressive Resistance and Flexibility Exercise Program on Free Running Speed, Ronald D. Campbell

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    Cuboctahedral and Icosahedral Bonding, Jack Rhoades Canon

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    Elasticity of Demand for Butter, a Comparison of Two Periods: 1924-1941 and 1947-1959, Marilyn J. Chapman