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THE MARBLE‐DROP TECHNIQUE: A PROCEDURE FOR GATHERING SENSITIVE INFORMATION
Author(s) -
Stem Donald E.,
Lamb Charles W.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
decision sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.238
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1540-5915
pISSN - 0011-7315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1981.tb00121.x
Subject(s) - interview , ballot , computer science , drop (telecommunication) , population , drop out , operations research , statistics , mathematics , economics , telecommunications , political science , demographic economics , sociology , demography , voting , politics , law
This study investigates the efficiency of a ballot technique in reducing bias caused by nonsampling errors in studies designed to gather sensitive information. Findings reveal that the technique produces population estimates more accurate than conventional interviewing and as accurate as the randomized‐response technique.