Validity of Forced Responses in a Randomized Response Model

An empirical test was conducted to determine the degree to which respondents would follow the directions of the randomizing device in the directed response model of the randomized response technique (RRT). The results showed that a sizable percentage of the respondents would not give the directed re...

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Published in:Sociological methods & research 1982-08, Vol.11 (1), p.89-100
Main Authors: EDGELL, STEPHEN E., HIMMELFARB, SAMUEL, DUCHAN, KAREN L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Forced
Random/Randomization
Response/Responsive/ Responsiveness/Responses
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Summary:An empirical test was conducted to determine the degree to which respondents would follow the directions of the randomizing device in the directed response model of the randomized response technique (RRT). The results showed that a sizable percentage of the respondents would not give the directed response to a question if that response was a socially undesirable one and the question was sufficiently sensitive.
ISSN:0049-1241
1552-8294
DOI:10.1177/0049124182011001005