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Table B–3. Estimated Measures of Reliability for Shipment Characteristics by Mode of Transportation and Distance Shipped for CBSA of Origin: 2002

[Estimates are based on data from the Commodity Flow Survey. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive]

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Distance Shipped Value Tons Ton-miles
CV Std. error of percent CV Std. error of percent CV Std. error of percent
All distances 40.4 21.3 21.0
Less than 50 miles 41.1 4.6 23.3 4.2 25.9 6.8
50 to 99 miles 22.3 2.3 31.4 2.4 29.0 2.9
100 to 249 miles S S 28.6 1.1 29.6 2.5
250 to 499 miles 39.3 1.7 S S S S
500 to 749 miles 33.0 0.9 40.6 0.4 40.8 1.5
750 to 999 miles S S 40.1 0.1 39.5 0.9
1,000 to 1,499 miles S S S S S S
1,500 to 1,999 miles S S S S S S
2,000 miles or more 34.7 0.3 S S S S

KEY:
– Represents data cell equal to zero or less than 1 unit of measure.
S Estimate does not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability or poor response quality.
CV Coefficient of variation of number

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



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