A development of the accident prone criterion
| dc.contributor.advisor | MacNaughton, John F. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Sheer, Daniel E. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Red, Samuel Bliss | |
| dc.creator | Finkle, Albert | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-01T19:36:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-07-01T19:36:49Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 1951 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1951 | |
| dc.description.abstract | I. THE PROBLEM. Statement of the problem. The major objective of thio study la to develop a more efficient criterion of an "accident prone driver". By the following method: 1. personally interviewing experts in the field of accident prevention to acquire inforaation concerning important factors involved in causing accidents. 2. surveying the literature on accident proneness. 3. bringing together important factors on a questionnaire for the purpose of rating each factor in order of importance. 4. sending this questionnaire to 500 safety directors for rating purposes. 5. statistically analysing these ratings and developing a continuum which may later be utilised in developing a point from which deviations may be designated for accident prone individuals. [...] | |
| dc.description.department | Psychology, Department of | |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.other | 13805727 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10657/10372 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
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| dc.subject | Traffic accident proneness | |
| dc.subject | Drivers | |
| dc.title | A development of the accident prone criterion | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text | |
| dc.type.genre | Thesis | |
| dcterms.accessRights | The full text of this item is not available at this time because it contains documents that are presumed to be under copyright and are accessible only to users who have an active CougarNet ID. This item will continue to be made available through interlibrary loan. | |
| thesis.degree.college | College of Arts and Sciences | |
| thesis.degree.department | Psychology, Department of | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Psychology | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Houston | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts |
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