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Table B-4. Estimated Measures of Reliability for Hazardous Versus Nonhazardous Material Shipment Characteristics by Mode of Transportation: 2002

Monday, July 2, 2012

Table B-4. Estimated Measures of Reliability for Hazardous Versus Nonhazardous Material Shipment Characteristics by Mode of Transportation: 2002

[Estimates are shown as percents and are based on data from the 2002 Commodity Flow Survey]

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Mode of transportation Tons - CV Tons - Hazardous Tons - Nonhazardous Ton-miles - CV Ton-miles - Hazardous Ton-miles - Nonhazardous
CV Std. error of percent CV Std. error of percent CV Std. error of percent CV Std. error of percent
All modes 1.1 4.2 0.7 1.3 0.7 3.2 4.4 0.5 3.4 0.5
Single modes 1.4 4.2 0.7 1.5 0.7 3.0 4.9 0.5 3.2 0.5
Truck 1.9 4.6 0.7 2.2 0.7 3.2 7.0 0.5 3.1 0.5
For&#8211 hire truck 3.8 6.2 0.7 4.2 0.7 3.6 9.4 0.6 3.5 0.6
Private truck 2.3 5.3 0.7 2.2 0.7 3.9 7.9 0.8 3.6 0.8
Rail 3.3 6.6 0.4 3.4 0.4 6.6 5.8 0.4 6.9 0.4
Water 8.5 14.3 3.2 8.7 3.2 8.0 12.0 3.0 10.1 3.0
Air (includes truck and air) 12.7 38.0 0.5 12.5 0.5 17.4 39.2 0.5 17.3 0.5
Pipeline 6.8 7.0 0.5 15.0 0.5 S S S S S
Multiple modes 8.1 24.3 1.8 8.5 1.8 13.6 19.9 1.3 14.9 1.3
Parcel, U.S.P.S. or courier 4.8 20.2 0.2 4.9 0.2 4.9 13.0 &#8211 4.9 &#8211
Other multiple modes 9.3 24.7 2.1 10.0 2.1 14.9 20.1 1.5 16.4 1.5
Other and unknown modes 12.9 19.0 1.1 13.4 1.1 10.5 46.0 1.7 9.8 1.7

KEY:
&#8211 Represents an estimate equal to zero or less than 1 unit of measure.
S Estimate does not meet publication standards because of highly sampling variability or poor response quality.
CV Coefficient of variation of number

NOTE: The Introduction and appendixes give information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, sample design, and definitions. Links to this information on the Internet may be found at www.census.gov/cfs.

SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (USDOT) and U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, Hazmat Data, December 2004.