DATA COMBINATION AND UPDATING METHODS FOR TRAVEL SURVEYS

Data from a questionnaire survey that is the principal source of information on individual characteristics are subject to sampling errors and nonsampling biases. In aggregate data, sampling errors are usually small because a large sample is more easily obtainable and the data are also free from nonsampling biases. This paper develops a data combination and updating method that corrects survey data for nonresponse biases and reduces sampling errors by statistically combining survey data with aggregate data. This method is applied to the estimation of an origin-destination (O-D) table stratified by market segments. The O-D matrix entries and parameters of a nonresponse bias model are estimated by the maximum likelihood estimation method. An application for an intercity rail corridor is presented.

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1988/1203/1203-004.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=DATA+COMBINATION+AND+UPDATING+METHODS+FOR+TRAVEL+SURVEYS&author=M.+Ben-Akiva&author=T.+Morikawa&publication_year=1988
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309047692
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1203, Demand Forecasting and Trip Generation-Route Choice Dynamics. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Ben-Akiva, Moshe
  • Morikawa, Takayuki
• Publication Date: 1988

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 40-47
• Monograph Title: Demand forecasting and trip generation - route choice dynamics
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1203
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bias (Statistics); Data collection; Errors; Markets; Matrices (Mathematics); Origin and destination; Questionnaires; Railroads; Sampling; Surveys; Transportation corridors; Travel; Values in measurement
• Uncontrolled Terms: Correction (Mathematics); Railroad corridors
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00489555
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309047692
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 30 1989 12:00AM