Accounting for non-compliance in the analysis of randomized
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2009
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Hout, Ardo van den
Klugkist, I.G.
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Abstract
The randomized response model is a misclassification design that is used to protect the privacy
of respondents with respect to sensitive questions. Conditional misclassification probabilities
are specified by the researcher and are therefore considered to be known. It is to be expected
that some of the respondents do not complywith respect to the misclassification design. These
respondents induce extra perturbation, which is not accounted for in the standard randomized
response model. An extension of the randomized response model is presented that takes into
account assumptions with respect to non-compliance under simple random sampling. The
extended model is investigated using Bayesian inference. The research is motivated by
randomized response data concerning violations of regulations for social benefit.
Keywords
Bayesian inference, misclassification, sensitive items, social benefit fraud