NCHRP Report 571:

Standardized Procedures for Personal Travel Surveys

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Size: 114 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:2008

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Alan E Pisarski; Rahaf Alsnih; Johanna P Zmud; Chester G Wilmot; Werner Brog; Mark Freedman; Peter R Stopher; Joanne Pratt; Wende Mix; Martin Lee-Gosselin; Cheryl Stecher; Kay W Axhausen; Transportation Research Board
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Front Matter	i-x
Summary	1-4	(skim)
1.1 Background	5-5	(skim)
1.2 Study Objectives	6-6	(skim)
1.4 Research Approach	7-8	(skim)
1.5 Report Organization	9-9	(skim)
Chapter 2 - Summary of Recommended Standardized Procedures and Guidelines	10-10	(skim)
2.1.1 I-1: Minimum Question Specification	11-11	(skim)
2.1.2 I-2: Categories for Minimum and Other Questions	12-12	(skim)
2.2.1 D-1: Number and Type of Contacts	13-16	(skim)
2.2.2 D-3: Proxy Reporting	17-17	(skim)
2.2.3 D-4: Complete Household Definition	18-18	(skim)
2.2.4 D-6: Sample Replacement	19-19	(skim)
2.2.6 D-8: Unit Non-Response	20-20	(skim)
2.2.7 D-10: Initial Contacts	21-21	(skim)
2.2.9 D-14: Respondent Burden	22-22	(skim)
2.3.1 P-2: Requirements for Pretests or Pilot Surveys	23-23	(skim)
2.4.1 E-2: Ethics	24-25	(skim)
2.4.3 E-4: Respondent Questions	26-26	(skim)
2.4.5 E-9: Answering Machines and Repeated Call-Back Requests	27-27	(skim)
2.4.8 E-12: Time of Day to Begin and End Reporting	28-28	(skim)
2.5.1 C-1: Geocoding Standards	29-29	(skim)
2.5.3 C-4: Missing Values, Use of Zero, Etc.	30-30	(skim)
2.5.4 C-5: Coding Complex Variables	31-34	(skim)
2.6.1 A-1: Assessing Sample Bias	35-35	(skim)
2.6.3 A-3: Missing Data Imputation	36-36	(skim)
2.6.5 A-6: Documentation	37-38	(skim)
2.7.1 Q-1: Computing Response Rates	39-39	(skim)
2.7.2 Q-2: Transportation Measures of Quality	40-40	(skim)
2.7.3 Q-3: Coverage Error	41-41	(skim)
2.7.5 Q-6: Validation Statistics	42-42	(skim)
2.7.7 Q-8: Number of Missing Values	43-43	(skim)
2.7.8 Q-9: Adherence to Quality Standards and Guidelines	44-44	(skim)
3.3 National Highway Institute Course	45-45	(skim)
3.6 Potential Funding for the Promulgation and Maintenance of the Standardized Procedures and Guidelines	46-47	(skim)
4.1.1 D-11: GPS Surveys	48-48	(skim)
4.1.3 I-8: SP Data	49-49	(skim)
4.2.1 D-2: Who Should Be Surveyed?	50-50	(skim)
4.2.2 D-9: Times of Day for Contacts	51-51	(skim)
4.2.4 E-7: Cross-Checks in Data Collection and Data Review	52-52	(skim)
4.2.5 E-8: Days and Periods to Avoid Data Collection	53-53	(skim)
4.2.7 I-4: Ordering of Questions	54-54	(skim)
4.2.8 I-6: Instrument Design	55-55	(skim)
4.2.9 I-7: Multitasking of Activities	56-56	(skim)
4.2.10 S-1: Sample Sizes	57-57	(skim)
4.2.12 S-3: Collecting Augment Samples	58-58	(skim)
4.2.13 S-4: Stratification Options for Samples	59-59	(skim)
4.2.15 S-6: Development of Default Variances	60-60	(skim)
4.2.16 P-1: Focus Groups	61-61	(skim)
4.2.18 Q-4: Sampling Error	62-62	(skim)
4.3.1 Cell Phones	63-63	(skim)
4.3.3 Personalized Interview Techniques	64-64	(skim)
4.3.5 Impacts of the National Do Not Call Registry	65-65	(skim)
4.3.7 Refusal and Non-Contact Conversions	66-66	(skim)
4.3.10 Data Archiving in Transportation	67-67	(skim)
5.2.1 Scope of Work	68-90	(skim)
5.2.2 Schedule of Work	91-92	(skim)
Glossary	93-100	(skim)
References	101-103	(skim)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications	104-104	(skim)

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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 571: Standardized Procedures for Personal Travel Surveys explores the aspects of personal travel surveys that could be standardized with the goal of improving the quality, consistency, and accuracy of the resulting data. The technical appendix to NCHRP Report 571 was published as NCHRP Web-Only Document 93.

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