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Method Summary .................................. 70
4 û RESULTS ......................................... 71
Introduction .................................... 71
Descriptive Statistics .......................... 71
Results of Testing the Hypotheses ............... 81
Hypothesis One ............................... 83
Hypothesis Two ............................... 85
Hypothesis Three ............................. 87
Hypothesis Four .............................. 89
5 û SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND IMPLICATIONS .......... 91
General Summary ................................. 91
Conclusions ..................................... 95
Implications .................................... 95
Appendix ................................................ 102
SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE ............................ 102
REFERENCES .............................................. 106 Chapter 1
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