Notes On the Contamination Method

Berman, John J.; McCombs, Harriet G.; Boruch, Robert F.

doi:10.1177/004912417700600102

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“…A Census Bureau study in the 1990s determined that promises of confidentiality had no significant effect on response rates (Dillman et al 1996). Moreover, experimental studies have consistently found that assurances of confidentiality can actually increase concerns about confidentiality and reduce response rates to surveys (Berman, McCombs, and Boruch 1977;Frey 1986;Reamer 1979;Singer, Hippier, and Schwartz 1992).…”

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“It's None of Their Damn Business”: Privacy and Disclosure Control in the U.S. Census, 1790–2020

Ruggles¹,

Magnuson²

2023

Population & Development Rev

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The U.S. Census has grappled with public concerns about privacy since the first enumeration in 1790. Beginning in the mid‐nineteenth century, census officials began responding to concerns about privacy with promises of confidentiality. In recent years, escalating concerns about confidentiality have threatened to reduce the usability of publicly accessible population data. This paper traces the history of privacy and disclosure control since 1790. We argue that controlling public access to census information has never been an effective response to public concerns about government intrusion. We conclude that the Census Bureau should weigh the costs of curtailing access to reliable data against realistic measures of the benefit of new approaches to disclosure control.

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“…1996). Moreover, experimental studies have consistently found that assurances of confidentiality can actually increase concerns about confidentiality and reduce response rates to surveys (Berman, McCombs, and Boruch 1977; Frey 1986; Reamer 1979; Singer, Hippier, and Schwartz 1992).…”

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“It's None of Their Damn Business”: Privacy and Disclosure Control in the U.S. Census, 1790–2020

Ruggles¹,

Magnuson²

2023

Population & Development Rev

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“…Devices like coins (Barth & Sandier, 1976;Zdep & Rhodes, 1977), dice (Berman et al, 1977), and poker chips (Wiseman et al, 1975) are obviously more commonplace. A device's exoticism will depend somewhat on the local culture.…”

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RRT Meets RDD: Statistical Strategies for Assuring Response Privacy in Telephone Surveys

Orwin

Boruch

1982

Public Opinion Quarterly

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A WIDE variety of statistical techniques have been developed and incorporated into survey questions on sensitive traits. In the simplest case, they provide population estimates of these traits while assuring the privacy of individual responses. The original version, proposed by Stanley Warner (1965), is known as the related question randomized response technique (RRT). It consists of presenting the survey respondent with two complementary statements: "I have sensitive trait X" and "I do not have sensitive trait X." A randomizing device, such as a die, is used to chose a statement, and the respondent is asked to provide a true or false response to the one selected. The interviewer is not shown the die nor informed of which statement was answered. Assuming that respondents adhere to instructions, an unbiased estimate of the true proportion of individuals with trait X (TI) can be obtained as follows:where is the probability of selecting the sensitive statement, N(yes) the number of respondents answering yes, and N the total number of Abstract Despite its growing role in survey research, the telephone survey has been largely neglected with respect to the design and testing of statistical procedures for assuring response privacy (e.g., randomized response techniques). This paper demonstrates that such procedures are no less feasible to administer in telephone surveys than in face-to-face surveys. Both randomized response techniques and alternatives to randomized response are considered.

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Methods of data collection, perceptions of risks and losses, and motivation to give truthful answers to sensitive survey questions

Rasinski

Willis

Baldwin

et al. 1999

Appl. Cognit. Psychol.

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Notes On the Contamination Method

Cited by 21 publications

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“It's None of Their Damn Business”: Privacy and Disclosure Control in the U.S. Census, 1790–2020

“It's None of Their Damn Business”: Privacy and Disclosure Control in the U.S. Census, 1790–2020

RRT Meets RDD: Statistical Strategies for Assuring Response Privacy in Telephone Surveys

Methods of data collection, perceptions of risks and losses, and motivation to give truthful answers to sensitive survey questions

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