TEMPLATE FOR GRADUATE THESIS

By

Joe Graduate Student

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In presenting this thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a______degree at Eastern Kentucky University, I agree that the Library shallmake it available to borrowers under rules of the Library. Brief quotations from thisthesis are allowable without special permission, provided that accurate acknowledgmentof the source is made.Permission for extensive quotation from or reproduction of this thesis may begranted by my major professor, or in [his/her] absence, by the Head of InterlibraryServices when, in the opinion of either, the proposed use of the material is for scholarlypurposes. Any copying or use of the material in this thesis for financial gain shall not beallowed without my written permission.

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TEMPLATE FOR GRADUATE THESIS

By

Joe Graduate Student

Bachelor of Science
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, Kentucky
2008

Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of

Eastern Kentucky University

in partial fulfillment of the requirements

for the degree of

MASTER OF SCIENCE

August, 2016

Copyright © Joe Graduate Student, 2016

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DEDICATION

This thesis is dedicated to my parents
John and Jane Graduate Student
for their unwavering support.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to thank my major professor, Dr. Jack Watson, for his guidance and patience. I would also like to thank the other committee members, Dr. Joe Perona and Dr. Fred Weber, for their comments and assistance over the past three years. I would like to express my thanks to my wife, Amy, for her understanding and patience during those times when there was no light at the end of anything. She encouraged me and made me stick with it. I would like to thank the members of my family in Savannah, Georgia: Paul and Jeanenne Adams, Jim and Catherine Shippy, and the late Eleanor and Fred Catti. Finally, I would like to thank the members of my family in Knoxville, Tennessee, Andy and Ruth Thomason, et al.

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE

I. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………1

II.Literature Review...... 2

Definition of Cognitive Structures ………………………………………………………………5

Purpose of Research…………………………………………………………………………………..8

III.Research………………………………………………………………………………………………….11

IV.Results……………………………………………………………………………………………………..25

V.Discussion…………………………………………………………………………………………………32

List of References………………………………………………………………………………………………41

Appendices……………………………………………………………………………………………………….43

  1. Behavior Survey………………………………………………………………………………43
  2. Performance Report………………………………………………………………………….45

LIST OF TABLES

TABLEPAGE

  1. Summary of Selected Informal Investment Research……………………………6
  2. Mean Investor scores………………………………………………………………………….15
  3. Results of Variance Test………………………………………………………………………22

LIST OF FIGURES

FIGUREPAGE

  1. Model-based unity feedback MIMO control system…………………………….9
  2. Control system with output multiplicative perturbation…………………….17
  3. Unity feedback control system with time delay…………………………………..22

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

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REFERENCES

  1. Cunagin, S. E., “Guide to Graduate Theses,” Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, 2016.

APPENDIX A:

Behavior Survey

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APPENDIX B:

Performance Report

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