Uncertainties in measuring aircraft noise and predicting community response to it

Evaluations of the adverse consequences of community exposure to transportation noise often place more credence in measurements, predictions of noise effects, and interpretive criteria than is warranted by their underlying precision. If reports and assessments of such noise measurements and their effects were accompanied by estimated prediction intervals, the risks of over-interpreting the accuracy and precision of community noise impact assessments would be reduced. (C) 2007 Institute of Noise Control Engineering.