How to ask sensitive multiple-choice questions

DOI10.1111/SJOS.12411zbMATH Open1452.62166arXiv1803.10568OpenAlexW2971788798WikidataQ127300583 ScholiaQ127300583MaRDI QIDQ5118464FDOQ5118464

Andreas Nordvall Lagerås, M. Lindholm

Publication date: 8 September 2020

Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Motivated by recent failures of polling to estimate populist party support, we propose and analyse two methods for asking sensitive multiple choice questions where the respondent retains some privacy and therefore might answer more truthfully. The first method consists of asking for the true choice along with a choice picked at random. The other method presents a list of choices and asks whether the preferred one is on the list or not. Different respondents are shown different lists. The methods are easy to explain, which makes it likely that the respondent understands how her privacy is protected and may thus entice her to participate in the survey and answer truthfully. The methods are also easy to implement and scale up.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.10568

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zbMATH Keywords

anonymityrandomized response techniquenonrandomized response technique

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Sampling theory, sample surveys (62D05) Applications of statistics to social sciences (62P25)

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