Nonresponse analysis and adjustment in a mail survey on car accidents

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 401-415

  Tivesten, Emma ^a,b   Jonsson, Sofia ^a,c   Jakobsson, Lotta ^a,b   Norin, Hans ^b  

^a VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Volvia If   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Driver distraction; Driver vigilance; Nonresponse bias; Post survey adjustment; Road safety; Statistical accident data

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; DRIVER TRAINING; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS;

DRIVER DISTRACTIONS; DRIVER VIGILANCE; NONRESPONSE BIAS; POST SURVEY ADJUSTMENT; ROAD SAFETY; STATISTICAL ACCIDENT DATA;

SURVEYS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTAL MAIL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84861893695     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.02.017     Document Type: Article

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