army1987 comments on 2012 Less Wrong Census Survey: Call For Critiques/Questions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 19 October 2012 02:15:06AM 5 points [-]

Yes, that's not a bad idea. Would using the coinflipping technique be overkill?

Comment author: [deleted] 19 October 2012 12:14:43PM 2 points [-]

the coinflipping technique

What's that?

Comment author: gwern 19 October 2012 02:43:54PM 9 points [-]

Respondents are instructed to flip a coin; if heads answer yes, if tails answer truthfully. The overall difference from 50% is the real overall percentage while giving every yes answer deniability. I forget what this is called but it's common on touchy topics.

Comment author: Antisuji 19 October 2012 08:30:06PM *  4 points [-]

It's called randomized response. I remember hearing about it first a year or two ago on LW.