| Description | Conventional survey research methodology fails to produce valid results when the issue under investigation is sensitive or stigmatizing. Issues such as sexual orientation, tax evasion, illegal drug use etc are likely to contribute to excessive nonresponse bias. Even in cases people agree to participate, it is likely that false or misleading responses are given. To remedy this problem, indirect questioning techniques can be used. These are techniques which protect the privacy of the participants and at the same time allow the investigator to estimate parameters of interest. In this session, we will discuss various issues related to indirect questioning. |
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| Organisers | Tasos Christofides (European Statistical Advisory Committee) |
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| Chair | Tasos Christofides (European Statistical Advisory Committee) |
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| Presentation #1 | Estimating sensitive behaviors using free software: the RRTCS package
María del Mar Rueda (University of Granada, Spain)
Beatriz Cobo (University of Granada) |
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| Presentation #2 | List experiments, past and present
Hagen von Hermanni (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany) |
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| Presentation #3 | Eliciting Sensitive Data by Indirect Questioning Techniques: Some Recent Applications and Methodological Advances
Pier Francesco Perri (University of Calabria, Italy) |
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| Presentation #4 | A new version of the Item Count Technique
Eleni Manoli (University of Cyprus)
Tasos Christofides (University of Cyprus) |
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| Discussant | Theoni Stathopoulou (Research Director of the National Center of Social Research, Greece) |
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