West Rail vs. Bus - Lingnan University Library
West Rail vs. Bus - Lingnan University Library
West Rail vs. Bus - Lingnan University Library
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The first limitation is the sample size. Because of the limit in time and manpower, this<br />
study has only 122 completed questionnaires. The sample size may be too small to<br />
find some significant results. Also the sample size of bus passengers and <strong>West</strong> <strong>Rail</strong><br />
passengers is not evenly distributed. It has 77 questionnaires from bus passengers, but<br />
only 45 questionnaires from <strong>West</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> passengers. The number of <strong>West</strong> <strong>Rail</strong><br />
passengers’ questionnaires may be too few to generate useful and significant<br />
information for KCRC.<br />
Second is the data collection method. Most of the questionnaires are<br />
collected at particular bus stops, <strong>West</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> stations and inside the <strong>West</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> trains.<br />
One cannot stand at every bus stop or every <strong>West</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> stations, so it may create some<br />
bias that some passengers are not reached. Also interviews are only conducted at<br />
non-peak hours when people will have more time to answer the questionnaires. The<br />
travelers of peak hours never have a chance to be interviewed.<br />
Third is the sampling frame. We only interviewed bus and <strong>West</strong> <strong>Rail</strong><br />
passengers who lived in <strong>West</strong> New Territories. This research does not cover those<br />
passengers who are not traveling by bus or <strong>West</strong> <strong>Rail</strong>, but choose minibus and taxi.<br />
Their opinions for <strong>West</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> may be important. The opinions of passengers who are<br />
not live in <strong>West</strong> New Territories are also not included.<br />
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