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    Handbook of Statistics Series

    By N. Balakrishnan and C. R. Rao

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    Data Gathering, Analysis and Protection of Privacy through Randomized Response Techniques: Qualitative and Quantitative Human Traits tackles how to gather and analyze data relating to stigmatizing human traits. S.L. Warner invented RRT and published it in JASA, 1965. In the 50 years since, the subject has grown tremendously, with continued growth. This book comprehensively consolidates the literature to commemorate the inception of RR.

    • Brings together all relevant aspects of randomized response and indirect questioning
    • Tackles how to gather and analyze data relating to stigmatizing human traits
    • Gives an encyclopedic coverage of the topic
    • Covers recent developments and extrapolates to future trends
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElsevier Science
    Release dateJan 30, 2004
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    N. Balakrishnan

    Professor Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan is a Distinguished University Professor at McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He has been a visiting professor in many universities across the world. Balakrishnan is a renowned expert on statistical distributions and his four-volume reference series on this topic, co-authored with Professors Norman Johnson and Samuel Kotz, continue to serve as an extensive guide for researchers working on statistical distribution theory. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Communications in Statistics, and is an editorial board member for a number of journals. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and he received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the National University of Athens, Greece.

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