ASSESSMENT OF CERTAIN CAUSAL MODELS USED IN SURVEYS ON AIRCRAFT NOISE ANNOYANCE

The aim of this article is to show that analysis of the connection between various items in questionnaires on aircraft noise, which have been used to suggest causal relationships, does not in fact prove any causality. Two published surveys are analyzed: one carried out around Heathrow Airport-London in 1961, the other around Kennedy Airport - New York in 1972. It is shown that from the sociological surveys undertaken to date, one can derive only on ordered sequence of verbal reactions to aircraft noise, and not a causal sequence between verbal reactions; the only clear cause of annoyance is the noise itself. It is suggested that future surveys on noise annoyance should include personality tests and health questionnaires, if one wishes to establish reliable causal sequences.

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• Authors:
  • Alexandre, A
• Publication Date: 1976-1-8

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 119-125
• Serial:
  • Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-460X
  • EISSN: 1095-8568
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0022460X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft noise; Airport noise; Environmental impact analysis; Environmental impacts; Health; Personality; Psychological tests; Questionnaires; Social factors
• Identifier Terms: Heathrow Airport; John F. Kennedy International Airport
• Old TRIS Terms: Causal analysis
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Environment; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00155928
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM