Regression Models in Complex Survey Sampling for Sensitive Quantitative Variables

• Published in: Mathematics (Basel) Vol. 9; no. 6; p. 609
• Main Authors: Rueda, María del Mar, Cobo, Beatriz, Arcos, Antonio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.03.2021
• Subjects: complex sampling designs; Crime; Food science; Generalized linear models; Population; Random variables; randomized response techniques; Regression analysis; Regression coefficients; Regression models; Statistical analysis

Randomized response (RR) techniques are widely used in research involving sensitive variables, such as drugs, violence or crime, especially when a population mean or prevalence must be estimated. However, they are not generally applied to examine relationships between a sensitive variable and other...