No. 944

Title:

On the Assumption Required for the Domain Estimators for the Item Count Technique

Author(s):

Tsuchiya, Takahiro (The Institute of Statistical Mathematics)

Key words:

indirect questioning technique; item count technique; domain estimator

Abstract:

    The item count technique is a practical indirect questioning technique that is used to estimate the proportion of people who have engaged in stigmatizing behavior. Recently, Tsuchiya (2005) proposed domain estimators, which were shown to have smaller standard errors than the conventional domain estimators, for the item count technique. The present paper discusses the validity of the assumption required for the proposed domain estimators.