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A binary
unrelated-question RRT model accounting for untruthful
responding
Amber Young, Sat Gupta and Ryan Parks
Vol. 12 (2019), No. 7, 1163–1173
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Abstract |
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Estimating the prevalence of a sensitive trait in a population is not a simple task due to the general tendency among survey respondents to answer sensitive questions in a way that is socially desirable. Use of randomized response techniques (RRT) is one of several approaches for reducing the impact of this tendency. However, despite the additional privacy provided by RRT models, some respondents may still provide an untruthful response. We consider the impact of untruthful responding on binary unrelated-question RRT models and observe that even if only a small number of respondents lie, a significant bias may be introduced to the model. We propose a binary unrelated-question model that accounts for those respondents who may respond untruthfully. This adds an extra layer of precaution to the estimation of the sensitive trait and decreases the importance of presurvey respondent training. Our results are validated using a simulation study. |
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Keywords
model efficiency, optional randomized response models,
unrelated-question RRT model, untruthful responding
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Mathematical Subject Classification 2010
Primary: 62D05
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Milestones
Received: 2 November 2018
Revised: 23 March 2019
Accepted: 1 May 2019
Published: 12 October 2019
Communicated by Javier Rojo
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Authors |
| Amber Young | |
| Department of Statistics Purdue University West Lafayette, IN United States |
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| Sat Gupta | |
| Department of Mathematics and
Statistics University of North Carolina Greensboro, NC United States |
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| Ryan Parks | |
| Department of Mathematics and
Statistics University of North Carolina Greensboro, NC United States |
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