Accounting for site-selection bias in before-after studies for continuous distributions: Characteristics and application using speed data

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 256-269

  Kuo, Pei Fen ^a   Lord, Dominique ^a  

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

Author keywords

ANCOVA; Before after study; Normal distribution; Policy; Regression to the mean; Site selection bias; Vehicle speed

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; ANCOVA; BEFORE-AFTER STUDY; CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION TO THE MEANS; SITE SELECTION EFFECTS; VEHICLE SPEED;

SITE SELECTION;

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SITE SELECTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874350720     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.01.023     Document Type: Article

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