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Glossary and Acronym List
Pages 146-152

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... A-D passengers include passengers that remain on the plane during any stopover. Connecting passengers Air passengers that transfer between flights at the airport.
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... Typically either the 85th highest hour of activity over a year, or the busiest hour of a typical day in the peak month, is used as the planning peak hour. Planning peak period A period of the year that is considered the appropriate level of demand for future planning.
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... Non-proportional A sampling method where different sampling fractions are stratified sampling used to improve the accuracy of estimates for a given overall sample size. Percentage points Refers to the numerical value of a variable which is expressed as a percentage.
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... Sample size The number of individuals composing the sample. Sample variance Sample variance of a particular characteristic is a measure of the spread, or dispersion, of values of that characteristic within a set of sample data.
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... Computer-assisted The use of a computer to support telephone interviews by telephone interviewing displaying questions and allowing the interviewer to enter responses. Electronic data collection An electronic unit, such as a personal digital assistant, that device can be programmed to display survey questions and allow responses to those questions to be entered and stored in the unit.
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... Includes the project manager, survey technical expert, survey sample design expert, data analyst, survey logistics manager, and survey administrator. Surveyor Person who collects information from or about individuals in the sample by observation or by interview.
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... php/glossary-a.html Acronyms and Short Forms AVI Automatic vehicle identification CATI Computer-assisted telephone interviewing EDCD Electronic data collection devices FAA Federal Aviation Administration MPO Metropolitan planning organization OAG Official Airline Guide PDA Personal digital assistant RFP Request for Proposals SAS® Statistical Analysis Software, copyright of SAS Institute, Cary, NC SEE Standard Error of the Estimate SPSS® A statistical software program, copyright of SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL TSA Transportation Security Administration 152 Guidebook for Conducting Airport User Surveys
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Key Terms

  • sampling distribution
  • airport user
  • probability sample
  • particular characteristic
  • air passengers

  • data entry
  • allows respondents
  • planning peak
  • sample selection
  • survey planning

  • survey methodology
  • peak month
  • central limit
  • typical day
  • limit theorem

  • conducting airport
  • user surveys
  • standard error
  • peak hour
  • planning team

  • team team
  • sequential sampling
  • personal digital
  • digital assistant
  • passengers air

  • true population
  • electronic data
  • acronym list
  • sample design
  • connecting passengers


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