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/

  • 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.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00224272
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Jul 8 1973 12:00AM