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Table B–2. Estimated Measures of Reliability for Shipment Characteristics by Total Modal Activity for State 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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Mode of transportation Ton-miles CV of average miles
per shipment
CV Std. error of percent
Total 18.0 5.7
Truck 26.3 4.2 20.8
Rail 16.7 3.6 8.1
Shallow draft
Great Lakes
Deep draft
Air S S 2.3
Parcel, USPS or courier S S 26.1
Pipeline S S S
Other and unknown modes 38.5 0.2 34.4

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, Individual State Data, December 2004.



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