A survey technique for estimating the proportion and sensitivity in a dichotomous finite population |
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Authors: | Kuo-Chung Huang |
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Institution: | Department of Business Administration, Chung-Yu Junior College of Business Administration, 40 Yi-Seventh Road, Keelung, Taiwan 201, R.O.C. |
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Abstract: | In this paper, a simple survey technique to measure the sensitivity of survey issues is presented. It can be applied to estimate the population proportion as well as the probability that a respondent truthfully states that he or she bears a sensitive character when experienced in a direct response survey. An unbiased estimator of mean square error for direct response survey is obtainable so as to be able to judge the effect on the accuracy in estimation. It is also found that the proposed technique is more efficient than some traditional techniques. A simple extension for polychotomous situations can be developed as well. |
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Keywords: | randomized response technique relative efficiency sample surveys sensitive character |
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