Article
TRAVEL SURVEY INSTRUMENT DESIGN INTEGRATING RESIDENTIAL LOCATION CHARACTERISTICS AND SURVEY ADMINISTRATION FOR KOCHI CITY, INDIA
DOI: 10.7708/ijtte.2018.8(2).05
8 / 2 / 198-212 Pages
Author(s)
Krishnapriya Molath Gopi - Civil Engineering Department, Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kerala, India -
Abstract
Data collection for transportation studies is a real challenge faced by the researchers and engineers in a developing country. This paper focused on design of travel survey instrument integrating the residential location characteristics, sample design and pilot survey did using household interview method for Kochi region of India. Survey instrument was standardised from initial pilot survey and the modified diary is again tested against nonresponse. Quality of the collected data could be controlled efficiently by using the household interview method and its efficient execution. The response rate of household interview method for data collection was given priority as it has direct influence on the accuracy of the results. From the pilot survey experience it was evident that the response rate of the household interview method can be increased with the help of a response facilitator. Experience and problems faced during the data collection was also discussed.
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Keywords:
survey instrument design;
residential location characteristics;
data collection;
survey design;
response facilitator;
developing country;
Acknowledgements:
The authors sincerely thank the financial support received from Mahatma Gandhi University, Government of Kerala, India. The authors are also grateful to the Mayor and Councillors of Kochi Municipal Corporation and enumerators for supporting the data collection.
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