FUEL ECONOMY OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES: A COMPENDIUM OF STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES

Nine working papers are presented as the result of a study to develop a statistical methodology and formulation of specific statistical procedures for the analysis of in-use automobile fuel-economy data. Topics covered are: (1) variance computed relative to the harmonic mean; (2) bases for statistical estimation of fuel economy; (3) estimating the standard error for a sample harmonic mean; (4) the effect of accumulated odometer miles on mpg shortfalls; (5) aggregation of data from sources with groups of ''replicate'' vehicles; (6) philosophical and analytic issues affecting the FEA fuel-economy study; (7) a regression/covariance analysis approach to estimation of fuel economy; (8) vehicle ranking according to fuel economy; and (9) a regression approach to vehicle ranking. (ERA citation 03:044952)

• Corporate Authors:

  Falcon Research and Development

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  Buffalo, NY  United States  14225

  Department of Energy

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• Authors:
  • McAdams, H T
• Publication Date: 1977-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 108 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Calculation; Fuel conservation; Fuel consumption; Mathematical models; Research projects; Statistical analysis; Statistics; Vehicle performance
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Department of Energy
• Uncontrolled Terms: Research programs
• Old TRIS Terms: Calculation methods; Us fea
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Energy; Highways; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00186443
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 1979 12:00AM