The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics (응용통계연구)

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Confidence Interval for Sensitive Binomial Attribute : Direct Question Method and Indirect Question Method

민감한 이항특성에 대한 신뢰구간 : 직접질문법과 간접질문법

  • Ryu, Jea-Bok (Department of Statistics, College of Science & Engineering, Cheongju University)
  • 류제복 (청주대학교 이공대학 통계학과)
  • Received : 2014.11.18
  • Accepted : 2015.02.02
  • Published : 2015.02.28
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Abstract

We discuss confidence intervals for sensitive binomial attributes obtained by a direct question method and indirect question method. The Randomized Response Technique(RRT) by Warner (1965) is an indirect question method that uses a randomization device to reduce the response burden of respondents. We used the mean coverage probability (MCP), root mean squared error (RMSE), and mean expected width (MEW) to compare the confidence intervals by the two methods. The numerical comparisons indicated found that the MEW of RRT is too large and the RRT is so conservative that the MCP exceeds a nominal level(${\alpha}$); therefore, it is necessary to complement these problem in order to increase the utility of the indirect question method.

본 연구에서는 민감한 이항특성에 대한 신뢰구간 추정에 직접질문법과 간접질문법을 사용한다. 간접질문법으로 응답자들의 응답부담을 줄여주기 위해서 확률장치를 사용하는 Warner (1965)의 확률화응답기법(RRT)을 고려한다. 두 방법에 의한 신뢰구간을 비교하기 위해서 평가기준으로 평균포함확률(MCP), 평균제곱오차의 제곱근(RMSE), 그리고 평균기대폭(MEW)을 사용한다. 수치적 비교 결과 RRT의 MCP가 명목수준()을 크게 초과하여 보수적이고 MEW도 매우 크다. 따라서 이들을 보완해 주어야 실제적으로 간접질문법의 유용성을 높일 수 있다.

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