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TRB Committee ABJ80 is concerned with the appropriate
application of statistical methods in the field of transportation. The committee
will serve as a resource on statistical matters for all other TRB committees or
activities; will foster understanding and use of statistics through
dissemination and education activities; and will identify and foster research
needed in statistics for use in transportation.
What is new
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Committee Papers: 2009 TRB Annual
Meeting
Session 350
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Statistics for Nonstatisticians: Improving Application and Interpretation of Statistical Methods and Models
Monday, January 12, 2009, 3:45 PM - 5:30 PM, Marriott
Simon Washington, Arizona State University, presiding
Sponsored by:
Statistical Methodology and Statistical Computer Software in Transportation Research Committee (ABJ80)
Pitfalls associated with statistical methods and modeling were presented and discussed. The focus was be on providing guidance on how to apply, evaluate, or both, the use of statistics and statistical models for a broad audience of transportation researchers.
- First Things First - John Ivan (University of Connecticut) (PDF)
- Between Blind Faith And Skepticism: Advice for Coping with State of the Art Statistical Methods - Bhagwant Persaud (Ryerson University) ((PDF)
- How to Tame Time in Statistical Modeling - Matthew G. Karlaftis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece) (PDF)
- Bayesian Methods Made Simple - Simon Washington (Arizona State Univ) (PDF)
- When More is Too Much: Aggregration Biases in Safety Research: Gary A. Davis (University of Minnesota)- (PDF).
Committee Website:
Your input on the committee
website will be greatly appreciated. We're working on creating a useful
website for the committee. Please direct website ideas/comments to both
Simon Washington at
Simon.Washington@asu.edu
and Ida van Schalkwyk at idavan@asu.edu.
Let us know if you have ideas or if you see anything missing or that can be
improved.
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