Applicability:
- Analyze
Description:
This three part monograph enables road safety researchers and professionals to correctly interpret the results of one of the main sources of knowledge about the effect of road safety engineering measures, the observational before-after study. Part I contains information the author considers essential for forming an opinion about results obtained by others, and for planning and analyzing such a study. This first part is written to be understood by all road safety professionals. Part II adapts conventional approaches to observational studies. The study of conventional approaches is important because methodologies based on randomized statistical experiments are often inappropriate in road safety research. Part III presents new approaches to improve conventional methods of observational before-after studies. The Empirical Bayes approach (which is the current state of the practice) is presented in Part III.
Tool Type:
Research Publication
Owner Source:
private_company
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Availability:
This book may be borrowed for free from several libraries or purchased for a fee at this link: 2008 Ed. Observational before--after studies in road safety : estimating the effect of highway and traffic engineering measures on road safety.
Disclaimer:
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Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations, and translations thereof, expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Federal Highway Administration.