Construction of Tolerance Intervals for Randomized Response Designs

Music City Center 

The randomized response technique has been a cornerstone in survey methodology for eliciting truthful responses
on sensitive subjects, spanning across numerous domains such as behavioral science, socio-economic studies,
psychology, epidemiology, and public health. Since its inception by Warner (1965), the technique has undergone
significant methodological enhancements to increase its reliability and application breadth. Despite its prevalent
use and the passing of nearly six decades, the exploration of tolerance intervals within randomized response
remains limited. This paper aims to extend the statistical toolkit for randomized response by introducing exact
tolerance intervals, building on the foundational confidence interval analysis by Frey and Pérez (2012).

Tolerance Intervals

Confidence Intervals

Randomized Response Techniques

Applied Survey

Sensitive Survey Data 

Survey Research Methods Section