A new quasi empirical bayes estimate in randomized response sampling |
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Authors: | Augustus Jayaraj Oluseun Odumade |
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Affiliation: | 1. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY;2. Enterprise Risk Services, Deloitte &3. Touche LLP, Minneapolis, MN, USA |
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Abstract: | In this article, a new notion of “quasi-empirical” Bayes estimation is developed for estimating the proportion of a sensitive attribute in a population by making use of both a prior distribution of prevalence of the sensitive attribute in addition to the known prior distribution of an unrelated characteristic. The proposed quasi-empirical Bayes estimate is compared with those of the unrelated question model due to Greenberg et al. by means of a simulation study. |
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Keywords: | Bayes estimation Estimation of sensitive characteristics Randomized response sampling Simulation study |
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