Comparison of safety effect estimates obtained from empirical Bayes before-after study, propensity scores-potential outcomes framework, and regression model with cross-sectional data

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 144-154

  Wood, Jonathan S ^a   Donnell, Eric T ^a   Porter, Richard J ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash modification factor; Cross sectional study; Empirical Bayes; Mixed effects negative binomial; Potential outcomes; Propensity scores; Safety Edge treatment; Safety performance function; Study design

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SITE SELECTION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPIRICAL BAYES; MODIFICATION FACTORS; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL; POTENTIAL OUTCOMES; PROPENSITY SCORE; SAFETY PERFORMANCE FUNCTION; STUDY DESIGN;

SAFETY FACTOR;

BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY;

EID: 84918805800     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.11.019     Document Type: Article

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