An alternative to unrelated randomized response techniques with logistic regression analysis |
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Authors: | Shu-Hui Hsieh Shen-Ming Lee Chin-Shang Li Su-Hao Tu |
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Institution: | 1.Center for Survey Research, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences,Academia Sinica,Taipei,Taiwan;2.Department of Statistics,Feng Chia University,Taichung,Taiwan;3.Division of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health Sciences,University of California,Davis,USA |
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Abstract: | The randomized response technique (RRT) is an important tool that is commonly used to protect a respondent’s privacy and avoid biased answers in surveys on sensitive issues. In this work, we consider the joint use of the unrelated-question RRT of Greenberg et al. (J Am Stat Assoc 64:520–539, 1969) and the related-question RRT of Warner (J Am Stat Assoc 60:63–69, 1965) dealing with the issue of an innocuous question from the unrelated-question RRT. Unlike the existing unrelated-question RRT of Greenberg et al. (1969), the approach can provide more information on the innocuous question by using the related-question RRT of Warner (1965) to effectively improve the efficiency of the maximum likelihood estimator of Scheers and Dayton (J Am Stat Assoc 83:969–974, 1988). We can then estimate the prevalence of the sensitive characteristic by using logistic regression. In this new design, we propose the transformation method and provide large-sample properties. From the case of two survey studies, an extramarital relationship study and a cable TV study, we develop the joint conditional likelihood method. As part of this research, we conduct a simulation study of the relative efficiencies of the proposed methods. Furthermore, we use the two survey studies to compare the analysis results under different scenarios. |
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