College of Liberal Arts - Ivan Allen College (IAC): Recent submissions
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The Impact of Visuals on Storytelling in Visual Novels
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2023-01-18)Narrative plays an important role in video games by acting as a means through which the player can develop an emotional connection to a game. Visual novels are a unique genre of video games that are characterized by limited ... -
The Mobilization of Social Networks in Professional Development Decision-Making – A Mixed-Methods Study in a Technical Field
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-08-02)THE MOBILIZATION OF SOCIAL NETWORKS IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DECISION-MAKING –A MIXED-METHODS STUDY IN A TECHNICAL FIELD Isabel Ruthotto 171 pages Directed by Dr. Julia Melkers Vast technological innovations have been ... -
Situated at a Distance: A Framework for Teaching Reflexive Inquiry through Digital Games
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-12-13)As science and technology (technoscience) grow increasingly complicit in systemic injustice, there is an urgent need for practitioners to conduct scientific inquiry as a reflexive process. Reflexivity in technoscience ... -
Factors Determining 2001 Standardized Elementary Level Reading Scores in Michigan
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-11)Elementary level reading comprehension is an essential skill which students need in order to excel in secondary school as well as undergraduate level language courses. Using a dataset from 4th grade standardized reading ... -
The Impact of Education on GDP per Capita
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-11)Education plays an important role in a country’s economic growth. This paper looks at the impact of education on the gdp per capita of different countries across the globe. The data comes from the World Bank and from the ... -
Exploring the Relationship Between Commute Times and Property Value
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-11)This analysis seeks to determine a correlation between home property values and commuting times in the United States. Different methods of transportation are considered both independently and combined. Factors such as age ... -
The Analysis of the Effect of Women's Employment Rate on Fertility Across States in United States
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-11)This paper utilizes the approach of cross-sectional data to analyze the effect of women's employment rate on fertility across states in the United States. In recent years, there is a decline in women's fertility rates ... -
The SAT Anomaly: Does Average Class Size Impact Average SAT Score?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-11)Because the SAT has the potential to set the trajectory of students’ educational careers, the SAT is arguably the most important examination for most American high-schoolers. Considering the importance of the SAT examination, ... -
The Effect of Education Expenditure on Adolescent Fertility Rates
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-11)This paper analyzes the relationship between education expenditure and the adolescent fertility rate through a cross-country analysis of 169 countries. The other factors that this paper will consider are life expectancy ... -
The Cross-Country Effects of Education Level on Savings Rate
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-11)This analysis attempts to find the relationship between the education level of the people of a country and the savings rate of the people in a country at the global scale. Previous research has found there to be a positive ... -
Relationship between Income and Cost of Living in US Cities
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-11)This paper examines the relationship between the cost of living and median household income. The hypothesis is that there is a positive correlation between the two variables, where the median income is higher in areas with ... -
The Cross Country Effect of Patent Applications on Ease of Doing Business
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-11)Innovation and technological progress have long played a critical role in the economic growth of countries. While this relationship has been studied many times, it is not clear exactly how patents play into this equation. ... -
Family Size and Mortgage Loan Amounts
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-11)This paper seeks to uncover potential mortgage loan discrimination related to family size for Boston mortgage loan applicants in 1989. We utilize mortgage loan amounts as the primary dependent variable and an applicant’s ... -
Child Mortality & Health Expenditure: A Cross-Country Analysis
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-11)This paper attempts to analyze the effect healthcare expenditure has on child mortality rates. Despite research already being done in this field, child mortality continues to be a problem in the global economy. While the ... -
A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF OWNERSHIP-INDUCED QUALITY GAPS IN THE LONG-TERM CARE SECTOR: INFLUENCES OF OWNERSHIP CONVERSIONS, SELF-REPORTING, REGULATORY REFORMS, AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-08-01)This dissertation presents a quantitative analysis of the association between ownership types and quality of services in the long-term care sector in the United States. The study employs dynamic difference-in-differences ... -
Essays on Environmental, Fiscal, and Demand-Side Policies in Electricity Markets
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-08-01)Essays on Environmental, Fiscal, and Demand-Side Policies in Electricity Markets” -
Perreo femme-inism: an avenue to reclaim, reject, and redefine cultural norms within Borinquen society
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-08-01)Puerto Rico is positioned at the epicenter of many of the debates involving questions of colorism, misogyny, sexual liberation, and gender expression in reggaetón and perreo, due to its role in shaping these cultures. What ... -
Bilateral negotiations, vertical contracting, and firm behaviors in network
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-08-03)In the last two decades, the internet industry has changed dramatically, especially for interconnection relationships. With the booming video-streaming services, internet service providers (ISPs) have been trying hard to ... -
Heroes and Villains in Japanese Manga: A Dissection of Role Language
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-07-30)This thesis works on the notion of role language of two teenage boy hero-in-training protagonists from two popular Japanese manga, Demon Slayer and My Hero Academia, as well as two of their many villain antagonists. Role ... -
Science Gone Wrong: Understanding scientific work by examining "failures" across productions, consumptions, and careers in science
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-08-01)This dissertation examines “failures” across three different dimensions of the production of science (production of data, impacts, careers) to further expand our understanding of scientific work, thereby providing effective ...