The use of balanced incomplete block designs in designing randomized response surveys

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-194

  Smith, Narelle F ^a   Street, Deborah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balanced incomplete block design; Block total response method; Randomized response; Sensitive question; Unmatched count technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037570568     PISSN: 13691473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-842X.00274     Document Type: Article

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