INTERACTION OF INJURY FACTORS IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS

AN EXAMPLE IS GIVEN OF A METHOD OF MULTIPLE CONTINGENCY TABLE ANALYSIS. THE BASIC NUMERICAL FREQUENCIES ARE REPLACED BY A MODIFIED SQUARE ROOT TRANSFORMATION, THEN SUBJECTED TO A FACTORIAL ARRANGEMENT ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE. SELECTED PORTIONS OF THE RESULTING PARTITIONING HELP IDENTIFY AND MEASURE BOTH EFFECTS OF THE FACTORS ON THE RESPONSE VARIABLE AND INTERACTIONS AMONG THE FACTORS IN THIS REGARD. ALSO, A DEMONSTRATION IS GIVEN OF THE USE OF STANDARDIZED RATES IN DESCRIPTION OF THE OBSERVED EFFECTS AND INTERACTIONS.

• Corporate Authors:

  Automobilismo & Auto Indus /Italy

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• Authors:
  • Kihlberg, J G
• Publication Date: 1967-4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Injuries; Numerical analysis
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224142
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Automotive Crash Injury Research
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 20 1973 12:00AM