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.
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