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 FIFTY-ITEM ATTITUDE INVENTORY AND REPORTED THEIR VIOLATION AND ACCIDENT RECORDS SINCE OBTAINING THEIR LICENSES. RESULTS WERE FACTOR ANALYZED, REGRESSION ANALYSES WERE PERFORMED, ANA 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. /HSRI/
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Corporate Authors:
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
1415 Engineering Drive
Madison, WI United States 53706 -
Authors:
- Clasen, R E
- Nelson, L R
- Publication Date: 1972-3
Media Info
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: 15 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Analysis of variance; Attitudes; Behavior; Drivers; Factor analysis; Forecasting; Instrumentation; Regression analysis; Safety education
- Uncontrolled Terms: Violations
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00224272
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 8 1973 12:00AM