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Comment author: Tesseract 09 August 2011 09:18:06AM *  13 points [-]

The keywords here are "randomized response". There are some interesting variations (from the Wikipedia page):

The sensitive question is worded in two dichotomous alternatives, and chance decides, unknown to the interviewer, which one is to be answered honestly.

Alternative 1: "I have consumed marijuana." Alternative 2: "I have never consumed marijuana." The interviewed are asked to secretly throw a die and answer the first question only if they throw a 6, otherwise the second question.

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