SAMPLE SIZE DETERMINATION FOR SPOT-SPEED STUDIES AT RURAL, INTERMEDIATE, AND URBAN LOCATIONS

IN THE ESTIMATION OF TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS BY A SAMPLING TECHNIQUE, THE DESIGN OF EXPERIMENT REQUIRES THE DETERMINATION OF AN ADEQUATE AND ECONOMICAL SAMPLE SIZE. THE EVALUATION OF SPEED CHARACTERISTICS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY A SAMPLING SURVEY AND A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS. A STATISTICAL PROCEDURE PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED FOR SAMPLE SIZE DETERMINATION MADE POSSIBLE THE DESIGN OF A SPOT-SPEED STUDY WITH A SAMPLE SIZE THAT IS STATISTICALLY ACCEPTABLE. THE MEASURE OF SPEED VARIABILITY CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE RESULTS OF PREVIOUS SPEED SURVEYS. HOWEVER, A RELIABLE ESTIMATE OF STANDARD DEVIATIONS PERMITS THE USE OF THE EQUATION FOR DETERMINING SAMPLE SIZE. THE FINDINGS OF THE PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION WERE SUPPLEMENTED BY ANALYZING THESE STANDARD DEVIATIONS OF SPOT-SPEEDS FOR 2-AND 4-LANE HIGHWAYS IN RURAL, INTERMEDIATE AND URBAN AREAS. REFERENCES' APPLIED GENERAL STATISTICS, 2ND EDITION, F. E. CROXTON AND D.J. COWDEN, PRENTICE-HALL 1955. SAMPLE SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR VEHICULAR SPEED STUDIES, J.C. OPPENLANDER, W.F. BUNTE AND P.L. KADAKIA, HRB BULL. 281, PP 68-86, 1961. TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS ON ILLINOIS HIGHWAYS, ILLINOIS DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS, 1961.

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• Authors:
  • Oppenlander, J C
• Publication Date: 1963

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 78-80
• Monograph Title: Travel time and vehicle speed
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 35
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Four lane highways; Rural areas; Sampling; Spot speed; Standard deviation; Statistical analysis; Statistical sampling; Studies; Traffic speed; Two lane highways; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Sample size
• Old TRIS Terms: Determination; Speed studies; Spot speed study
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226990
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:55PM