Recreational Boating Safety: Analysis for Programmatic Decisions.
Abstract
This is a user's manual for addressing analytic problems in the realm of recreational boating safety. Four major areas of application are identified: Needs Assessment, Performance Prediction, Performance Evaluation, and Resource Allocation. Analytic techniques useful in each area are identified and explained. Techniques presented include: cause assessment models and tests for non-randomness (Needs Assessment), data smoothing and Box-Jenkins time series analysis (Performance Prediction), Box - Tiao and other forms of intervention analysis (Performance Evaluation), and methods for assessing program cost, benefit, and utility (Resource Allocation). An additional technique, multiattribute Utility (MAU) Analysis, is also described, for use in addressing situations involving multiple objectives. Originator-supplied keywords include: Regulatory analysis, Benefit analysis, Impact assessment, Forecasting models, Times series analysis, and Program evaluation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA147661
Entities
People
- J. W. Ulvila
- L. Greenberg
- T. A. Bresnick