Pilot Test of a Novel Method for Assessing Community Response to Low-Amplitude Sonic BoomsA pilot test of a novel method for assessing residents annoyance to sonic booms was performed. During a two-week period, residents of the base housing area at Edwards Air Force Base provided data on their reactions to sonic booms using Smartphone-based interviews. Noise measurements were conducted at the same time. The report presents information about data collection methods and about test participants reactions to low-amplitude sonic booms. The latter information should not be viewed as definitive for several reasons. It may not be reliably generalized to the wider U.S. residential population (because it was not derived from a representative random sample) and the sample itself was not large.
Document ID
20120014937
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Fidell, Sanford (Fidell Associates, Inc. Woodland Hills, CA, United States)
Horonjeff, Richard D. (Horonjeff (Richard D.) Consultant Boxborough, MA, United States)
Harris, Michael (Fidell Associates, Inc. Woodland Hills, CA, United States)