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The randomized response technique and appropriate sample sizes for selecting the population with the largest value of π from among k binomial populations
Author(s) -
Levy Kenneth J.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
british journal of mathematical and statistical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.157
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 2044-8317
pISSN - 0007-1102
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8317.1977.tb00745.x
Subject(s) - statistics , mathematics , sample size determination , table (database) , sample (material) , variance (accounting) , population , monte carlo method , negative binomial distribution , binomial (polynomial) , value (mathematics) , econometrics , computer science , data mining , demography , chemistry , accounting , chromatography , sociology , business , poisson distribution
A table of appropriate sample sizes is provided for selecting the population with the largest value of π from among k binomial populations when estimation involves the randomized response technique. The determination of these sample sizes is based upon a variance stabilizing transformation suggested by Levy (19766). The entries in the present table are larger than corresponding entries in tables associated with estimation which involves the more conventional method of direct questioning. The results of a Monte Carlo study are also provided in support of the sample sizes presently being proposed.