Investigating regression to the mean in before-and-after speed data analysis

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2165, 2010, Pages 52-58

  Park, Peter Y ^a   Lord, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENGINEERING TREATMENT; GRAPHICAL METHODS; RANDOM VARIATION; REGRESSION TO THE MEANS; SPEED CHANGE; SPEED MEASUREMENT; STANDARD ERRORS; TIME POINTS; UNCERTAINTY;

SPEED;

EID: 78651344332     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2165-06     Document Type: Article

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