Modeling school bus seat belt usage: Nested and mixed logit approaches

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-67

  Mehta, Gaurav ^a   Lou, Yingyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete choice analysis; Mixed logit model; Nested logit model; School bus safety; Seat belt usage rate

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; MIXED LOGIT MODELS; NESTED LOGIT MODEL; SCHOOL BUS; SEAT-BELT USAGE;

BUS DRIVERS; BUSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STUDENTS; TIME AND MOTION STUDY;

AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ALABAMA; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; PILOT PROJECTS; SAFETY; SCHOOLS; SEAT BELTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84869884976     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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