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Weast R.A., Jenness J.W., and De Leonardis D. (2022).

Salesperson knowledge of teen-specific vehicle safety features.

Traffic Injury Prevention, 23(1), 6-10.
Source | DOI | PubMed
Singer J.P., Jenness J.W., Tefft B.C., Benson A., and Horrey W.J. (2021).

Do the branding, tone, and mode of training materials influence consumer understanding of a partially automated driving system?.

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (pp. 326-326). Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.
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Benedick A., Levi S., Petraglia E., and De Leonardis D. (2021).

Using electronic devices while driving: Legislation and enforcement implications.

Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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Benedick A., De Leonardis D., Petraglia E., and Green J. (2020).

Evaluation of correct child restraint system installation.

(DOT HS 812 976). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Levi S., Lee H., Ren W., Polson A., and McCloskey S. (2020).

Awareness and availability of child passenger safety information resources.

(DOT HS 813 035). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Levi S., Lee H., Ren W., McCloskey S., and Polson A. (2020).

Reducing child restraint misuse: National survey of awareness and use of inspection stations.

Traffic Injury Prevention, 21(7), 453-458.
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Lenneman J., Mangus L., Jenness J., and Petraglia E. (2020).

Delineating clusters of learners for driver assistance technologies.

HCI International 2020 – Late Breaking Posters. HCII 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1294 (pp. 601-610). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
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Singer J. and Jenness J.W. (2020).

Impact of information on consumer understanding of a partially automated driving system.

Washington, DC: AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.
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Mueller A.S., Cicchino J.B., Singer J., and Jenness J.W. (2020).

Effects of training and display content on Level 2 driving automation interface usability.

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behavior, 69, 61-71.
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Kidd D.G. and Singer J. (2019).

Consumer acceptance of enhanced seat belt reminders, a gearshift interlock, or different speed-limiting interlocks to encourage seat belt use following a brief hands-on experience.

Safety Science, 120, 617-624.
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Kidd D.G. and Singer J. (2019).

The effects of persistent audible seat belt reminders and a speed-limiting interlock on the seat belt use of drivers who do not always use a seat belt.

Journal of Safety Research, 71, 13-24.
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Jenness J., Lenneman J., Benedick A., Huey R., Jaffe J., Singer J., and Yahoodik S. (2019).

Spaceship, guardian, coach: Drivers' mental models of advanced vehicle technology.

HCI International 2019 – Posters. HCII 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 1034 (pp. 351-356). Orlando, Florida: Springer.
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Kidd D.G., Singer J., Huey R., and Kerfoot L. (2018).

The effect of a gearshift interlock on seat belt use by drivers who do not always use a belt and its acceptance among those who do.

Journal of Safety Research, 65, 39-51.
DOI | PubMed
Giangrande M., Brick J.M., Morganstein D., and Lewis K. (2018).

Virtual listing: GIS approaches to improve survey listing efficiency.

Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section of the American Statistical Association (pp. 1554-1560). Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
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Robinson E., Lubar E., Singer J., Kellman D., Katz B., and Kuznicki S. (2018).

State of the practice for traveler information during nonrecurring events.

FHWA-HRT-17-014. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Robinson E., Lerner N., Singer J., Barragan D., Kulbicki K., Kline J., and Kellman D. (2017).

Travel time displays at freeway entrance approaches.

(FHWA-HRT-16-059). Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration.
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Krenzke T., Li J., and McKenna L. (2017).

Producing multiple tables for small areas with confidentiality protection.

Statistical Journal of the IAOS, 33(2), 469-485.
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Tourangeau R., English E., McConnell K.E., Chapman D., Cervantes I., Horsch E., Meade N., Domanski A., and Welsh M. (2017).

The Gulf Recreation Study: Assessing lost recreational trips from the 2010 Gulf oil spill.

Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, 5(3), 281-309.
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Dai D. and Jaworski D. (2016).

Influence of built environment on pedestrian crashes: A network-based GIS analysis.

Applied Geography, 73, 53-61.
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Hernandez-Stumpfhauser D., Breidt F.J., and Opsomer J.D. (2016).

Hierarchical Bayesian small area estimation for circular data.

Canadian Journal of Statistics, 44(4), 416-430.
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Law C., Adler T., and Killen J. (2016).

Discussing complementary or alternative health approaches with travelers.

In G. W. Brunette (Ed.), CDC Health Information for International Travel 2016. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Lerner N., Singer J., Robinson E., Huey R., Walrath J.D., and Freedman M. (2015).

Enhanced seat belt reminder system features for teenagers.

(DOT HS 812 173). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Singer J., Lerner N., Baldwin C., and Traube E. (2015).

Auditory alerts in vehicles: Effects of alert characteristics and ambient noise conditions on perceived meaning and detectability.

Proceedings of the 24th Enhanced Safety of Vehicles Conference.
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Lerner N., Singer J., Kellman D., and Traube E. (2015).

In-vehicle noise alters the perceived meaning of auditory signals.

Proceedings of the Eighth International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. (pp. 401-407). Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Public Policy Center.
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Wolf J., Simas M.G., Auld J., Mohammadian A., and Bachman W. (2015).

Demographic characterization of anonymous trace travel data.

Transportation Research Record, 2526(1), 19-28.
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Miller H.J., Tribby C.P., Brown B.B., Smith K.R., Werner C.M., Wolf J., Wilson L., and Simas M.G. (2015).

Public transit generates new physical activity: Evidence from individual GPS and accelerometer data before and after light rail construction in a neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Health & Place, 36, 8-17.
DOI | PubMed
Simas M., Vovsha P., Wolf J., and Mitchell M. (2014).

Evaluation of Two Methods for Identifying Trip Purpose in GPS-Based Household Travel Surveys.

Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2405(1), 33-41.
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De Leonardis D., Huey R., and Robinson E. (2014).

Investigation of the use and feasibility of speed warning systems.

(DOT HS 811 996). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Rozsi M., Cecere W., Lohr S., and Green J. (2014).

Creating a flexible and scalable PSU sample for NHTSA's redesign of the National Automotive Sampling System.

Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Section on Survey Research Methods (pp. 1019-1027). Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
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Cecere W., Jiao R., Rozsi M., Severynse J.A., Lohr S., and Green J. (2014).

Composite measure of size evaluation and primary sampling unit formation for NHTSA’s Redesign of the National Automotive Sampling System.

Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Section on Survey Research Methods (pp. 1279-1290). Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
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Lerner N., Robinson E., Singer J., Jenness J.W., Huey R., Baldwin C., and Fitch G. (2014).

Human factors for connected vehicles: Effective warning interface research findings.

(Report No. DOT HS 812 068). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Das B., Sugawara Y., Jiao R., and Green J. (2014).

Multivariate sample design optimization for NHTSA’s new National Automotive Sampling System.

Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Section on Survey Research Methods (pp. 1291-1301). Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
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Miller N., Sizov N., Mullins C.D., and Cantor D. (2014).

New research on community reaction to aircraft noise in the United States.

Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem. Nara, Japan.
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De Leonardis D., Robinson E., Huey R., and Atkins R. (2014).

Threshold effects of speed-monitoring devices on the speeding behavior of drivers.

Transportation Research Record, 2425, 17-24.
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Vovsha P., Simas M.G., Davidson W., Chu C., Farley R., Mitchell M., and Vyas G. (2014).

Statistical analysis of transit user preferences including in-vehicle crowding and service reliability.

TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers (# 14-4953). Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board.
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Jiao R., Sugawara Y., Rozsi M., Lohr S., Green J., and Cecere W. (2014).

Estimating population and design parameters for NHTSA's new National Automotive Sampling System (NASS).

Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section of the American Statistical Association (pp. 1028-1037). Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
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