Mangat: Mangat model

In RRTCS: Randomized Response Techniques for Complex Surveys

Description

Computes the randomized response estimation, its variance estimation and its confidence interval through the Mangat model. The function can also return the transformed variable. The Mangat model was proposed by Mangat in 1992.

Usage

Mangat(z,p,alpha,t,pi,type=c("total","mean"),cl,N=NULL,pij=NULL)

Arguments

z	vector of the observed variable; its length is equal to n (the sample size)
p	proportion of marked cards with the sensitive attribute in the second box
alpha	proportion of people with the innocuous attribute
t	proportion of marked cards with "True" in the first box
pi	vector of the first-order inclusion probabilities
type	the estimator type: total or mean
cl	confidence level
N	size of the population. By default it is NULL
pij	matrix of the second-order inclusion probabilities. By default it is NULL

Details

In Mangat's method, there are two boxes, the first containing cards marked "True" and "RR" in proportions t and (1-t),(0<t<1). A person drawing a "True" marked card is asked to tell the truth about bearing A or A^c. A person drawing and “RR” marked card is then asked to apply Horvitz’s device by drawing a card from a second box with cards marked A and B in proportions p and (1-p). If an A marked card is now drawn the truthful response will be about bearing the sensitive attribute A and otherwise about B. The true proportion of people bearing A is to be estimated but α, the proportion of people bearing the innocuous trait B unrelated to A, is assumed to be known. The observed variable is

z_i=≤ft \{\begin{array}{lcc} y_i & \textrm{if a card marked "True" is drawn from the first box}\\ I_i & \textrm{if a card marked "RR" is drawn} \end{array} \right .

where

I_i=≤ft \{\begin{array}{lcc} 1 & \textrm{if the type of card drawn from the second box matches trait } A \textrm{ or } B\\ 0 & \textrm{if the type of card drawn from the second box does not match trait } A \textrm{ or } B. \end{array} \right .

The transformed variable is r_i=\frac{z_i-(1-t)(1-p)α}{t+(1-t)p} and the estimated variance is \widehat{V}_R(r_i)=r_i(r_i-1).

Value

Point and confidence estimates of the sensitive characteristics using the Mangat model. The transformed variable is also reported, if required.

References

Mangat, N.S. (1992). Two stage randomized response sampling procedure using unrelated question. Journal of the Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics, 44, 82-87.

See Also

MangatUB

ResamplingVariance

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