Compendium Survey Supporting Statement - Part B

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The Supporting Statement PART B

Part B. Collections of Information Employing Statistical Methods

1. Describe potential respondent universe and any sampling selection method to be used.

The respondent universe is comprised of transportation safety professionals in each of the States’ and the District of Columbia’s Departments of Transportation, each of the States’ Governor’s Highway Safety Offices and fifteen (15) non-state highway transportation agencies (i.e. Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), municipalities, counties, or tribal/territorial agencies).

2. Describe procedures for collecting information, including statistical methodology for stratification and sample selection, estimation procedures, degree of accuracy needed, and less than annual periodic data cycles.

The information will be collecting through an on-line survey using a custom designed platform developed by the project contractor, Cambridge Systematics. This information collection will not require statistical methodology for stratification and sample selection, estimation procedures, degree of accuracy needed, and less than annual periodic data cycles. The information collection will not require any other complex evaluation and analyses methodologies. Simple tabulation and summaries of the responses will be used. It is a very simple survey that does not contain complex data.

3. Describe methods to maximize response rate.

The respondent universe consists of transportation safety professionals is State and local government agencies. To maximize response rates, the national associations that represent these agencies, namely the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) have agreed to co-logo the on-line survey and reach out to their member recipients of the survey to communicate its importance and the need to respond. Furthermore, the FHWA has strong relationships with the survey recipients through its business relationships at the State and local level. Because of these relationships, confidence is extremely high that all recipients will complete the survey in a timely fashion. AASHTO and GHSA have already informed their constituency of the survey and feedback from the intended recipients indicates that they are ready and waiting to complete the questionnaire in a timely fashion.

4. Describe tests of procedures or methods.

The on-line survey has been tested and found to work properly. There are no other methods.

5. Provide name and telephone number of individuals who were consulted on statistical aspects of the IC and who will actually collect and/or analyze the information.

Since there are no significant statistical aspects of the IC, no additional contacts were consulted. The party responsible for collecting and analyzing the information is:

Bernardo Kleiner
Senior Associate
Cambridge Systematics Inc.
4800 Hampden Lane, Suite 800
Bethesda, MD 20814
tel  301 347 0100
fax  301 347 0101
[email protected]