Investigating Sensitive Issues in Class Through Randomized Response Polling
This article provides an introduction to randomized response polling, a technique which was designed to allow for questioning on sensitive issues while protecting the respondent’s privacy and avoiding social desirability bias. It is described in terms that are suitable for presentation and use in an...
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| description | This article provides an introduction to randomized response polling, a technique which was designed to allow for questioning on sensitive issues while protecting the respondent’s privacy and avoiding social desirability bias. It is described in terms that are suitable for presentation and use in any classroom environment. Instructions for plain users are included, along with the results of a small in-class implementation. The underpinnings of the method, which are laid out for the statistically savvy, illustrate the tradeoff between data acquisition and privacy protection. A few suitable references are also included for those who wish to dig further into the subject. Supplementary materials for this article are available online. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-eddd5ea9969b4200869d187bef95f0222025-08-20T02:17:10ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Statistics and Data Science Education2693-91692024-10-0132445746310.1080/26939169.2024.2302179Investigating Sensitive Issues in Class Through Randomized Response PollingChristian Genest0James A. Hanley1Sahir R. Bhatnagar2Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, CanadaDepartment of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, CanadaFive Prime Sciences, Westmount, Québec, CanadaThis article provides an introduction to randomized response polling, a technique which was designed to allow for questioning on sensitive issues while protecting the respondent’s privacy and avoiding social desirability bias. It is described in terms that are suitable for presentation and use in any classroom environment. Instructions for plain users are included, along with the results of a small in-class implementation. The underpinnings of the method, which are laid out for the statistically savvy, illustrate the tradeoff between data acquisition and privacy protection. A few suitable references are also included for those who wish to dig further into the subject. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/26939169.2024.2302179PollPrivacyRandomizationSensitive questionSocial desirability bias |
| spellingShingle | Christian Genest James A. Hanley Sahir R. Bhatnagar Investigating Sensitive Issues in Class Through Randomized Response Polling Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education Poll Privacy Randomization Sensitive question Social desirability bias |
| title | Investigating Sensitive Issues in Class Through Randomized Response Polling |
| title_full | Investigating Sensitive Issues in Class Through Randomized Response Polling |
| title_fullStr | Investigating Sensitive Issues in Class Through Randomized Response Polling |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating Sensitive Issues in Class Through Randomized Response Polling |
| title_short | Investigating Sensitive Issues in Class Through Randomized Response Polling |
| title_sort | investigating sensitive issues in class through randomized response polling |
| topic | Poll Privacy Randomization Sensitive question Social desirability bias |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/26939169.2024.2302179 |
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