Practice question

What is overrepresentation analysis in highway safety?

  1. A method for determining if a state has too many elected officials on safety committees
  2. A statistical technique that identifies groups, locations, or behaviors that are involved in crashes at a rate higher than expected based on their share of the population or exposure
  3. A way to count how many times a safety advertisement airs on television
  4. An analysis of which states receive more than their fair share of federal funding

Answer: B — A statistical technique that identifies groups, locations, or behaviors that are involved in crashes at a rate higher than expected based on their share of the population or exposure

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