The range of replications technique for assessing the external validity of road safety evaluation studies

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 272-280

  Elvik, Rune ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accident modification function; Consistency score; External validity; Range of replications; Road safety evaluation studies; Time trend in findings

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT MODIFICATION FUNCTION; CONSISTENCY SCORE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; RANGE OF REPLICATIONS; ROAD SAFETY; TIME TRENDS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; RESEARCH; ROADS AND STREETS;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPE; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856106604     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.07.016     Document Type: Article

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