TOWARD AN ATTITUDE INSTRUMENT TO PREDICT DRIVING BEHAVIOR. A RESEARCH REPORT

ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE COLLEGE STUDENTS DOING SAFETY EDUCATION COURSE WORK RESPONDED TO A 50-ITEM ATTITUDE INVENTORY AND REPORTED THEIR VIOLATION AND ACCIDENT RECORDS SINCE OBTAINING THEIR LICENSES. RESULTS WERE FACTOR ANALYZED, REGRESSION ANALYSES WERE PERFORMED, AND AN ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE WAS PERFORMED ON THE DATA. THE INSTRUMENT PREDICTED VIOLATIONS BUT NOT ACCIDENTS. THE INSTRUMENT IS PRESENTED, EFFECTIVE ITEMS ARE IDENTIFIED, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH ARE MADE.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  1415 Engineering Drive
  Madison, WI  United States  53706

  University of Colorado, Denver

  1100 14th Street
  Denver, CO  United States  80202
• Authors:
  • Clasen, R E
  • Nelson, L R
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 15 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis of variance; Crash rates; Driver training; Factor analysis; Regression analysis
• Uncontrolled Terms: Violations
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224208
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 8 1973 12:00AM