Traffic Safety and the DriverExamines deaths, injuries, and property damage from traffic crashes. Evans (research scientist, General Motors Research Labs, Warren, Michigan) applies the methods of science to illuminate the characteristics of these problems--their origin and nature as well as their severity. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... Observed Casualty Changes from Changes in Belt Use / 260 Comparison Between Observed and Estimated Fatality Reductions / 267 Repeal of Mandatory Motorcycle Helmet - Wearing Laws / 269 Mandatory Use Laws and Behavior Changes / 272 ...
... Observed Casualty Changes from Changes in Belt Use / 260 Comparison Between Observed and Estimated Fatality Reductions / 267 Repeal of Mandatory Motorcycle Helmet - Wearing Laws / 269 Mandatory Use Laws and Behavior Changes / 272 ...
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... observed in one study [ Malliaris , Hitchcock , and Hedlund 1982 ] and are presented to indicate more clearly how life - threatening potential increases with AIS . An estimate of the distribution of traffic injuries by maximum AIS level ...
... observed in one study [ Malliaris , Hitchcock , and Hedlund 1982 ] and are presented to indicate more clearly how life - threatening potential increases with AIS . An estimate of the distribution of traffic injuries by maximum AIS level ...
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... observed in nearly all cases , while accident seems to additionally suggest a general explanation of why it occurred . There are very few traffic fatalities ( the small fraction of drownings and fire - deaths not initiated by crashes ) ...
... observed in nearly all cases , while accident seems to additionally suggest a general explanation of why it occurred . There are very few traffic fatalities ( the small fraction of drownings and fire - deaths not initiated by crashes ) ...
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Leonard Evans. Collections of observed numbers are referred to as data and not as statistics . Since this latter term is the name of a branch of mathematics dealing with hypothesis testing and confidence limits , using it to also mean ...
Leonard Evans. Collections of observed numbers are referred to as data and not as statistics . Since this latter term is the name of a branch of mathematics dealing with hypothesis testing and confidence limits , using it to also mean ...
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... observed . Studies using a variety of experimental and observational methods will be described throughout the book . Although such studies can illuminate road - user behavior , they cannot address the matter of most inter- est - the ...
... observed . Studies using a variety of experimental and observational methods will be described throughout the book . Although such studies can illuminate road - user behavior , they cannot address the matter of most inter- est - the ...
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