Further Thoughts on Applications of Block Total Response Techniques in Case of One or Two Sensitive Binary Features

Authors

  • Opendra Salam Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur, India
  • Bikas K. Sinha Retired Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India

Keywords:

Randomized response technique, population proportion, sensitive features, binary version, designing the survey

Abstract

In this paper, we propose to study block total response techniques in case of one or two sensitive binary features to estimate the population proportion(s) of incidence of the sensitive binary features by giving more flexibility to the sampled respondents to truthfully respond to the sensitive feature(s) with increased sense/perception of anonymity.

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2023-06-28

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Salam, O. ., & K. Sinha, B. . (2023). Further Thoughts on Applications of Block Total Response Techniques in Case of One or Two Sensitive Binary Features. Thailand Statistician, 21(3), 466–483. Retrieved from https://ph02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/thaistat/article/view/250053

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Vol. 21 No. 3 (2023): July

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