Mixed-method approach to compare travel surveys as preliminary work for individual matching

A mixed-method approach is used to compare data from a traditional travel diary and an approach called travel skeleton, which is used to capture typical travel behavior. 97 participants first complete the travel skeleton and then a travel diary for one week. The aim of this paper is to quantitatively and qualitatively analyze whether behavioral data from the two approaches can be used as a basis for statistical matching of individuals to generate a synthetic travel diary dataset with multidimensional information. Results show promising intrapersonal overlap between diary and skeleton with inference due to the randomness of reported diary week.