Sample surveys with sensitive questions: A nonrandomized response approach

American Statistician

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-16

  Tan, Ming T ^a   Tian, Guo Liang ^b   Tang, Man Lai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Nonrandomized response models; Randomized response technique; Randomizing device; Sensitive questions; Warner model

Indexed keywords

EID: 63549110682     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/tast.2009.0002     Document Type: Article

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