Michael Burkard folio

A folio of English-language poetry by Michael Burkard

means to an end

page 10

Placing the Speaker in Relation to the Person Being Spoken to:

page 11

Evening Bird

pages 109-11

Hierarchical Factor Analysis of the Quick Discrimination Index

Prior factor analytic studies of the Quick Discrimination Index (QDI) have used principal components factor analysis to develop and validate a three-factor structure with a racially heterogeneous sample. In this investigation, Study 1 explored the factor structure of the QDI with a sample of 428 White university students using a hierarchical factor analysis. The analysis showed that a structure with four first-order factors and one second-order factor was the best fit for the data. Study 2 tested the original three-factor structure and a higher order factor structure from Study 1 in a confirmatory factor analysis using a sample of 363 White students. The implications for interpretation and future research are discussed

Marktorientierte Landwirtschaft und dezentrale Besiedlung: ein Widerspruch?

According to the principle of multifunctionality in article 104 of the Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation the Confederation shall ensure that agriculture contributes substantially by way of a market-oriented production to a decentralized inhabitation of the country. The following article investigates the relation of the two political aims market orientation and decentralized inhabitation from analysing the effects of agricultural subsidies. Resulting from this example different development scenarios are highlighted for the rural area.Production Economics,