How to improve the efficiency of randomised response designs

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-265

  Lensvelt Mulders, Gerty J L M ^a   Hox, Joop J ^a   Van Der Heijden, Peter G M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Power; Randomised response; Reliability; Sample size; Sensitive questions; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244449991     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-004-0432-3     Document Type: Review

References (31)

1. Antonak, R. F. & Livneh, H. (1995). Randomised response technique: A review and proposed extension to disability attitude research. Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs 121: 97-145.
2. Boeije, H. & Lensvelt-Mulders, G. J. L. M. (2002). Honest by chance: A qualitative interview study to clarify respondents' (non-)compliance with computer assisted randomised response. Bulletin Methodologie Sociologique 75: (July) 24-39.
3. Boruch, R. F. (1971). Assuring confidentiality of responses in social research: A note on strategies. The American Sociologist 6: (November) 308-311.
4. Chaudhuri, A. and Mukerjee, R. (1988). Randomized response: Theory and techniques. New York: Marcel Dekker.
5. Clark, S. J. & Desharnais, R. A. (1998). Honest answers to embarrassing questions: Detecting cheating in the randomised response model. Psychological Methods 3(2): 160-168.
6. Finkelhor, D. & Lewis, I. A. (1988). An epidemiological approach to the study of child molestation. Annals of the New York Academy of Science. 14: 19-40
7. Fisher, M., Kupferman, L. B. & Lesser, M. (1992). Substance use in a school-based clinic population: Use of the randomised response technique to estimate prevalence. Journal of Adolescent Health 13: 281-285.
8. Fox, J. A. & Tracy, P. E. (1986). Randomised Response: A Method for Sensitive Surveys. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications.
9. Greenberg, B. V., Abdul-Ela, A. A., Simmons, W. R. & Horvitz, D. G. (1969). The unrelated question randomised response model: Theoretical framework. Journal of the American Statistical Association 66: 243-250.
10. Greenberg, B. G., Kuebler, R. R., Abernathy, J. R. & Horvitz, D. G. (1971). Application of the randomised response technique in obtaining quantitative data. Journal of the American Statistical Association 66(334), 243-248.
11. Heijden, P. G. M. v. d. & Gils, G. v. (1996). Some logistic regression models for randomised response data. In: A. Forcina, G. M. Marcheti, r. Hatzinger & G. Galmatti (eds.), Statistical modeling. Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Statistical Modeling. Orvieto, Italy, pp. 341-348.
12. Heijden, P. G. M. v. d., Gils, G. v., Bouts, J. & Hox, J. (1998). A comparison of randomised response, CASAQ, and direct questioning; eliciting sensitive information in the context of fraud. Kwantitatieve Methoden 19: 15-34.
13. Horvitz, D. G., Shah, B. V. & Simmons, W. R. (1967). The unrelated question randomised response model. Proceedings of the Social Statistics Section, ASA: 65-72.
14. Jarman, B. J. (1997). The Prevalence and Precedence of Socially Condoned Sexual agression Within a Dating Context as Measured by Direct Questioning and the Randomised response Technique.
15. Kendall, M. K. & Stuart, A. (1979). The Advanced Theory of Statistics, Vol. 2. New York: Macmillan.
16. Kuk, A. Y. C. (1990). Asking sensitive questions indirectly. Biometrika 77(2): 436-438.
17. Lensvelt-Mulders, G.J.L.M.; Hox, J.J.; van der Heijden, P.G.M.; Maas, C.J.M. (2005). Meta-Analysis of Randomized Response Research: Thirty-Five Years of Validation, Sociological Methods & Research 33: 319-348.
18. Maddala, G. S. (1983). Limited Dependent and Qualitative Variables in Econometrics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
19. Mangat, N. S. & Singh, R. (1990). An alternative randomised response procedure. Biometrica 77(2): 439-442.
20. Mangat, N. S. (1994). An improved randomised response strategy. Journal of the Royal Statistic society of Britain 56(1): 93-95.
21. Moors, J. J. A. (1971). Optimization of the unrelated question randomised response model. Journal of the American Statistical Association 66(335): 627-629.
22. Rasinski, K. A., Willis, G. B., Baldwin, A. K., Yeh, W. & Lee, L. (1999). Methods of datacollection, perception of risks and losses, and motivation to give truthful answers to sensitive survey questions. Applied Cognitive Psychology 465-484.
23. Soeken, K. L. & Macready, G. B. (1982). Respondents' perceived protection when using randomised response, psychological Bulletin 92: 487-498.
24. Sudman, S. & Bradburn, N. M. (1982). Asking Questions: A Practical Guide to Questionnaire Design. San Fransisco: Jossey Bass.
25. Umesh, U. N. & Peterson, R. A. (1991). A critical evaluation of the randomised response method. Sociological Methods and Research 20(1): 104-138.
26. Van der Heijden, P. G. M., Van Gils, G., Bouts, J., and Hox, J. J. (2000) A comparison of randomized response, computer-assisted self-interview, and face-to-face direct questioning. Sociological Methods and Research, 28: 505-537.
27. Volicer, B. J. & Volicer, L. (1982). Randomised response technique for estimating alcohol use and non compliance in hypertensives. Journal of Studies in Alcohol 43: 739-750.
28. Warner, S. L. (1965). Randomised response: A survey technique for eliminating evasive answer bias. Journal of the American Statistical Association 60: 63-69.
29. Warner, S. L. (1971). The linear randomised response model. Journal of the American Statistical Association 66 (336): 884-888.
30. Weissman, A. N., Steer, R. A. & Lipton, D. S. (1986). Estimating illicit drug use through telephone interviews and the randomised response technique. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 18: 225-233.
31. Williams, B. L. & Suen, H. (1994). A methodological comparison of survey techniques in obtaining self-reports of condom-related behaviors. Psychological Reports, 7: 1531-1537.