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Evaluation of the effectiveness of mandatory continuing education in reducing violations of the Texas Real Estate License Act /

The purposes of the study, all of which related to violations

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peeples, Minor
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1996.
Subjects:
Major educational human resource development.
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Summary:The purposes of the study, all of which related to violations
of the Texas Real Estate License Act (TRELA), were to (1)
identify which counties have the highest percentages of
brokers violating TRELA, (2) identify the provisions of TRELA
which are most frequently violated, (3) identify actions most
often taken by the Real Estate Commission as a result of
TRELA violations, and (4) determine whether provision of the
mandated continuing education for Texas brokers corresponds
with a reduction of the number of brokers violating TRELA.
Two hypotheses were tested:(l) that there was no difference
in the numbers of brokers violating TRELA prior to the
mandatory educational programs and after the program was
initiated, and (2) that when brokers who were required to
take the education were compared to brokers who were exempt,
there was no difference in the number of violators from each
group. The design was ex post facto. The populations for
the research questions and hypothesis 1 were all brokers
licensed in Texas during 19891990 and 1994-1995. The
population for the second hypothesis included all licensed
brokers in 1994-1995 practicing in counties where exemptions
could be obtained. The study utilized counting techniques,
and the entire populations were used. The answers to the
research questions revealed that (1) when measured as a
percentage of brokers in the county who violated TRELA, the
small counties clustered at the top of the list, but that no
pattern was established from year-to-year, (2) the most
frequently violated provisions of TRELA were those dealing
with conduct constituting bad faith or untrustworthiness,
acts of negligence or incompetence, improper handling of
funds belonging to others, and fraud or dishonesty when the
broker engaged in personal real estate transactions, and (3)
the most frequent action taken by the state regulatory agency
as a result of violations was to suspend the broker's
license. The conclusions drawn from hypothesis testing were
that the mandatory continuing education program corresponded
to reductions in the number of brokers violating TRELA.
Item Description:Vita.
"Major Subject: Educational Human Resource Development".
Physical Description:xii, 155 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilms Inc.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.