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Undergraduate

Getting in Touch with Touchy Questions (UMAP)

Author: Paul Mullenix


A unit that involves probability and statistics with questionnaires. This module explains a bias-reducing technique called randomized response in which a chance mechanism is used to preserve the anonymity of particular respondents while enabling the surveyor to discover information about the group of respondents by using elementary probability concepts. Students use the randomized response models of Warner, Simmons, and Greenberg to analyze data collected in surveys.

Table of Contents:

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE WARNER MODEL

3. THE SIMMONS MODEL

4. THE GREENBERG MODEL

5. CONCLUSION

6. FURTHER READINGS AND REFERENCES

7. ANSWERS TO EXERCISES

©1988 by COMAP, Inc.
UMAP Module
25 pages

Mathematics Topics:

Probability & Statistics

Application Areas:

Psychological Sciences , Social Studies , Survey Research

Prerequisites:

Conditional probability; confidence intervals; variance

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