The independence assumption in the mixed randomized response model

Hiroshi Saigo

Statistics & Probability Letters, 2021, vol. 170, issue C

Abstract: We study the independence assumption in the mixed randomized response model to show that it is unnecessary for unbiasedness and yet preferable for efficiency. The unconditional variance of MRR estimators without the independence condition is shown.

Keywords: Privacy protection; Sensitive questions; Unbiasedness; Ancillary statistics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2020.108986

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