This deliverable of the Field Operational Tests of Aftermarket and Nomadic Devices in Vehicles (TeleFOT) project describes the outline for the user uptake assessment. The objectives of the analysis plan are to identify the most appropriate analysis approach for answering the research questions and for testing the hypotheses formulated, and to identify the type and amount of data that will be used for this purpose including whether from an L-FOT, a D-FOT or a combination of both. The deliverable is based on the work carried out in WP2.2. Methods and tools (tasks 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3., and 2.2.4.) which has been described in D2.2.1. Test and Evaluation Strategy and its Annexes. The deliverable provides input to the work to be carried out in SP3 Field Operational Tests, i.e. the running of the trials, as well as to the work to be carried out in SP4 Evaluation and Assessment, more specifically WP4.7. for the analysis of User Uptake and Business Models, as well as the work to be carried out in WP4.3. Safety Impact Assessment, WP4.4. Mobility Impact Assessment, WP4.5. Efficiency Impact Assessment, and WP4.6. Environmental Impact Assessment. Core research questions have been identified and are listed together with the hypotheses that are linked to these research questions. The main questions can be summarised as ‘Is there any user uptake?’ or rather ‘Do the users adopt the functions and the devices?’ and ‘What are the possible reasons why — or why not?’ The term ‘adopt’ is here used to mean the users’ incorporation of functions/ND into the pattern of their daily life. The core research questions and hypotheses are questions and hypotheses to be addressed across all FOTs, based on an evaluation of the feasibility, importance, and relevance to the TeleFOT project. The deliverable describes the overall assessment approach including the approach to be taken for each of the core research questions and the hypotheses. Fundamentally, the questions and hypotheses will be addressed by applying relevant statistical tests in order to identify, for instance, differences over time (e.g. in use frequency). However, in some cases a purely descriptive approach will be taken. In all cases, further analyses will investigate the impact of different background factors on the outcome, for instance the impact of age, gender, or driving experience on user’s acceptance and adoption of function/ND. In addition, the data necessary to be collected have been determined for each of the core research questions. The user uptake analysis relies primarily on the collection of subjective data by means of questionnaires (see D2.2.1. Test and Evaluation Strategy for draft versions of Background Questionnaire and User Uptake Questionnaires) but also on complementary data to be collected by interviews post-trial and by travel diaries collected during the trials. Finally the primary risks (e.g. loss of data, or collection of invalid data) are described along with solutions proposed to deal with these risks. The User Uptake Assessment Plan will be updated on the basis of the experience accumulated during the first analyses of the data from pilot tests and/or before studies. (Author/publisher) For more information on this project, see http://www.transport-research.info/web/projects/project_details.cfm?id=…
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