Driver Behaviours at Traffic Lights on Brisbane Roads PART D

Driver Behaviours at Traffic Lights on Brisbane Roads

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QUESTION 1 (10 marks) Driver behaviour at traffic lights on Brisbane roads A group of engineering students chose to investigate driver behaviour at traffic lights. Of particular interest were effects of age and gender on driver behaviour. Data were collected during three periods (morning, midday and afternoon) of one day at a chosen set of traffic lights at a single Brisbane intersection. Age of driver was determined by observation, and three age groups were used. The class of vehicle was recorded as commercial, sport, standard. and the type of vehicle as 4WD, large, medium, small, motorcycle, utility or van. The colour of the vehicle and the number of passengers were also recorded. The distance (in cms) the vehicle stopped behind the stopping line was recorded. Acceleration (in metres per second squared) of the vehicle when the lights turned green was obtained using a reference point 30.6 m from the stop line and measuring the time to reach that point. (a) The number of variables in this dataset is (circle your answer) A: 7 B: 8 C: 9 D: 10 (b) Name four of the categorical variables in this dataset (c) When the data in this study are entered on a spreadsheet (or Minitab worksheet), the rows correspond to (circle your answer) A: traffic lights B: drivers C: types of vehicles D: accelerations

Solution

a) The correct option is C. The variables are:

b)   Four categorical variables are: Gender, Periods, Class of vehicles and type of vehicle.

c) Since this data represents drivers behavior, each row will represent a driver. The correct option is B.

S. No.	Variable	Level
1	Age	Three age groups
2	Gender	Male and Female
3	Period	Morning, Midday, afternoon
4	Class of vehicle	Commercial, Sport, Standard
5	Type of Vehicle	4WD, Large, Medium, Small, Motorcycle, Utility or van
6	Color of Vehicle
7	Number of passengers
8	The distance behind stopping line
9	Acceleration