How privacy may be protected in optional randomized response surveys

Authors

Sanghamitra Pal, West Bengal State University
Arijit Chaudhuri, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Dipika Patra, West Bengal State University

Article Type

Research Article

Publication Title

Statistics in Transition

Abstract

There are materials in literature about how privacy on stigmatizing features like alcoholism, history of tax-evasion, or testing positive in AIDS-related testing may be partially protected by a proper application of randomized response techniques (RRT). The paper demonstrates what amendments are necessary for this approach while applying optional RRTs covering qualitative characteristics, permitting a sampled respondent either to directly reveal sensitive data or choose a randomized response respectively with complementary probabilities. Only a few standard RRTs are illustrated in the text.

First Page

61

Last Page

87

DOI

10.21307/STATTRANS-2020-014

Publication Date

6-1-2020

Comments

Open Access, Gold, Green

Recommended Citation

Pal, Sanghamitra; Chaudhuri, Arijit; and Patra, Dipika, "How privacy may be protected in optional randomized response surveys" (2020). Journal Articles. 257.
https://digitalcommons.isical.ac.in/journal-articles/257