Realism and Adaptation in Designing Hypothetical travel Choice Concepts
For external validity, SP experiments need to present choices that are realistic for the respondents. The use of portable computers in interviewing has many advantages.
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Institutions and Objectives in transport Policy
- K.M. Gwilliam
- January 1979
- Vol. 13
- No. 1
- Page 11
Institutions and Objectives in transport Policy
- K.M. Gwilliam
- January 1979
- Vol. 13
- No. 1
- Page 11
The author examines conflicts in the transport sector between: EEC and UK; central government and nationalised industries; central and local government; and local government and transport operators. He concludes that continual reappraisal is necessary to ensure that institutional arrangements and operational objectives are consistent with political reality.
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