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Validity of Forced Responses in a Randomized Response Model

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  • STEPHEN E. EDGELL

    (University of Louisville)

  • SAMUEL HIMMELFARB

    (University of Louisville)

  • KAREN L. DUCHAN

    (University of Louisville)

Abstract

An empirical test was conducted to determine the degree to which respondents would follow the directions of the randomizing device in the directed response model of the randomized response technique (RRT). The results showed that a sizable percentage of the respondents would not give the directed response to a question if that response was a socially undesirable one and the question was sufficiently sensitive.

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  • Stephen E. Edgell & Samuel Himmelfarb & Karen L. Duchan, 1982. "Validity of Forced Responses in a Randomized Response Model," Sociological Methods & Research, , vol. 11(1), pages 89-100, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:somere:v:11:y:1982:i:1:p:89-100
    DOI: 10.1177/0049124182011001005
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    1. John, Leslie K. & Loewenstein, George & Acquisti, Alessandro & Vosgerau, Joachim, 2018. "When and why randomized response techniques (fail to) elicit the truth," Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Elsevier, vol. 148(C), pages 101-123.
    2. Flannery, Timothy, 2018. "A new methodology for surveys and its application to forced response," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 91(C), pages 17-24.
    3. Kuo-Chung Huang, 2006. "Estimation of sensitive data from a dichotomous population," Statistical Papers, Springer, vol. 47(1), pages 149-156, January.

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