MPC Research Reports |
Title: | The National Short Line Railroad Database Project, 1996-1997 |
Authors: | Trent Byberg and Douglas Benson |
University: | North Dakota State University |
Publication Date: | Oct 1997 |
Report #: | MPC-97-86 |
Project #: | MPC-126 |
TRID #: | 00744553 |
Keywords: | benchmarks, data analysis, databases, data collection, information systems, mathematical analysis, railroad equipment industry, short line railroads, statistical analysis, trend (statistics) |
This project is dedicated toward creating an annual information base on short line and regional railroads. Three years of collection and analysis of this data is complete, with another year in process. In this report, techniques for collecting short line information by mail and electronically are discussed. Also included are an in-depth look at some of the statistical analysis and reporting methods used.
The following reports are listed by publication date in reverse chronological order.