The quality of survey data: Telephone versus face-to-face interviews

Those designing surveys and producing data have always been concerned about its quality. The increasing stringency of the financial constraints which affect public authorities and the increased scope of involvement in the regulation of urban travel has led us to pay even greater attention to the quality of data. This issue is frequently covered in the literature on survey methods. However, comparisons between different survey methods are more rarely conducted. The decision to conduct such an analysis is partly the result of the development of telephone use to the detriment of other survey modes in many countries and also the development of Computer-Aided Telephone Interviewing (CATI) which facilitates the running and monitoring of the survey.This paper examines several aspects of this question in order to compare the performance of telephone and face-to-face interviews. The first aspect is the representativeness of the sample, and therefore relates mainly to the issue of nonresponses and the choice of a sample base. The second concerns the accuracy of the information and involves the choice of a survey area and the recording of all trips, including short-distance travel. Finally, the quality of data is obviously determined by the quality of the responses given by those interviewed.The answers we give frequently depend on the objective of the surveys, which leads us to put forward a table which summarizes the performance of telephone and face-to-face interviews on the basis of the main objective of the survey. Broadly, the telephone seems to be the favoured tool for surveys in the area of transport planning and surveys which aim to provide data for forecasting models, mostly on the grounds of cost. However, face-to-face techniques are often preferred for surveys which aim to discover and analyze the factors which explain individual travel behaviour.     

租船运输业务与法律课程专业双语教学调查问卷评析

为提高学生英语水平,突出我院办学特色,对管理系国航专业租船运输业务与法律课程双语教学进行问卷调查。对开展双语教学是否有必要、教学质量、教材质量、教师水平、双语授课的比例、教学时数、建议和看法等方面广泛征求学生的意见,大部分学生认为开展双语教学有必要,既提高了外语水平,又提升专业知识和能力。对双语课程教学质量、双语教学的教材、教师的知识水平表示满意；认为双语教学应保证质量,稳步增加。通过问卷调查,也发现学生对教师所讲知识的掌握程度不理想；过半学生未提前预习和课后复习所要讲授的内容。     

复式拱桥加固与保护设计

以重庆市石柱县过蛟龙古拱桥与现代新拱桥迭合而成的复式拱桥的加固与保护设计为例,通过现场病害调查、合理计算模型的探讨找出病害所在及病害产生的原因,提出了桥梁加固与保护所采取的方法。     

复杂形状海洋浮体水动力系数计算

网格划分是水动力计算的关键环节,文中针对复杂形状海洋浮体提出了一种湿表面网格划分方法.对于有复杂首尾结构的浮体,用型线重构的方式在首尾生成曲面构成所需要的截面线,将通用建模工具和NURBS曲线拟合相结合,生成相贯结构的相交线;然后,用分片法生成浮体湿表面及内自由面网格,并独立表达各自的速度势以处理不规则频率现象,进而进行水动力系数计算.计算结果表明,上述处理方式很适合复杂形状海洋浮体水动力系数的计算.     

浅谈概率论中数学期望的计算方法

本文介绍了用特征函数、条件数学期望、对称性等求解数学期望的方法,解法各具特色.     

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建立出行者基本属性与交通方式选择的关系模型,研究影响和引导城市交通方式结构的有效措施。采用非集计模型建立出行者个人属性、家庭属性和出行属性与个体出行方式选择的函数关系,从城市统计资料中获取城市居民个人属性、家庭属性和出行属性数据,应用非集计模型来推算和预测交通方式结构。居民出行交通方式选择与个人属性、家庭属性和出行属性之间有较稳定的关系,其随着时间的推移变化甚微。非集计模型所推算的交通方式结构较为精确,用于交通方式结构的预测是可行的。所建立的模型亦用于研究影响交通方式选择的关键因素。非集计模型可用于交通方式结构的调整和优化,通过对可控影响因素的引导和调整,达到优化交通方式结构的目的。     

Factors with the greatest influence on drivers' judgment of roundabouts safety. An analysis based on web survey in Italy

The aim of this paper is to identify the roundabout geometric characteristics affecting the safety perception while the typical maneuvers (entry, circulation, exit) are being carried out. The tool used was an on-line questionnaire, filled out by about 1.650 respondents. Four different dimensionality reduction methods (Cluster Analysis, Correspondence Analysis, Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis) were used to analyze the data collected from the survey, in order to examine the key factors affecting the safety perception during the typical roundabout maneuvers. The considerations arising from the final model are the following: 1) the respondents' opinions regarding the safety perception of maneuvers are not preconceived ideas, but they originate from specific safety perceptions due to roundabout geometric configurations; 2) the users prefer definitely single lane roundabouts; this is an important confirmation of most results in the literature; 3) it was quantified the extent of the relationship between the safety perception of the typical roundabout maneuvers and the following aspects: a) maneuver type, b) geometric characteristics of the roundabouts design elements. This is the innovative aspect of the present research whose results have implications regarding theory, infrastructure and the application of new safety technologies.     

郑万高铁隧道大断面机械化施工关键技术研究

为实现大断面隧道机械化施工,针对郑万高速铁路湖北段隧道机械化施工所面临的掌子面稳定性控制、支护结构参数优化、机械化施工工法及施工工艺参数选取等主要问题,采取现场试验、资料调研、理论分析等手段,提出掌子面稳定性综合分级方法及稳定性控制措施,并对超前支护、洞身支护参数进行优化。郑万高速铁路采用全断面法和微台阶法2种工法进行施工,同时,对高压劈裂注浆、低预应力锚杆、超挖控制、高标号初喷混凝土等施工工艺进行探索和应用; 在信息化项目管理平台的基础上,建立基于施工动态管理的隧道作业面分类管理方法。研究成果在郑万高速铁路的成功应用将极大提高隧道建设的机械化水平,为隧道机械化施工提供参考。     

山岭隧道涌水量预测方法分类及相关因素分析

准确预测隧道涌水量能有效减少隧道病害,保护生态环境,科学指导隧道的设计与施工,而如何正确选择和应用预测方法,是准确预测的前提条件。通过广泛调研,在总结分析各类涌水量预测方法的原理和适用范围基础上,以六盘山隧道某断面为例,深入探讨了围岩渗透系数、洞室尺寸、地下水位净高变化、注浆圈厚度、注浆水平和衬砌抗渗等级等因素对隧道涌水量的影响,重点指出各类解析方法的局限性和适用条件,突出了注浆水平在实际工程中的作用,并建议山岭公路隧道衬砌抗渗等级不宜小于S8。