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Multilevel Random Effects Analysis Of Modal Use Constraints And Perceptions On Public Transportation Using Data From Germany

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

44

Pages

10

Published

1999

Size

1,055 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/UT990181

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

Konstadinos G. Goulias

Abstract

Multilevel random coefficient regression models account for hierarchical levels in survey data (e.g., trip, individual, household, place of residence), control for the effects of explanatory variables, and provide estimates of the random variation contributed by each level. The nonlinear regression models in this paper use data from a series of interviews in Germany to analyse true and perceived constraints and dislikes of travellers. The presence or absence, for each trip, of these constraints and dispositions are explained using social and economic characteristics of the trip maker, plac

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