@article{a30d035676e6471b9791bc11087ded57,
title = "The independence assumption in the mixed randomized response model",
abstract = "We study the independence assumption in the mixed randomized response model to show that it is unnecessary for unbiasedness and yet preferable for efficiency. The unconditional variance of MRR estimators without the independence condition is shown.",
keywords = "Ancillary statistics, Privacy protection, Sensitive questions, Unbiasedness",
author = "Hiroshi Saigo",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) #17K03665 ]. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Elsevier B.V.",
year = "2021",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1016/j.spl.2020.108986",
language = "English",
volume = "170",
journal = "Statistics and Probability Letters",
issn = "0167-7152",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}