In survey sampling, we aspire to obtain sound and consistent responses, which are not
achieved while dealing with sensitive issues. Frequently, respondents give elusive …

In sample surveys, when we need information regarding rare sensitive issues which people
often do not prefer to share with others. In such situations this is also awkward for …

Taking the clue from the pioneer work of Land et al.(2011), we have suggested an unbiased
estimator of the mean number of persons possessing the rare sensitive attribute in presence …

This paper has great potential for estimating population proportion who possess stigmatized
character by using Negative binomial distribution as a randomization device. The properties …

This paper addresses the problem of estimating the population proportion π S possessing
the sensitive attribute using stratified random sampling. Two alternatives to Kim and Warde …

This paper considers the problem of estimation for binomial proportions of sensitive or
stigmatizing attributes in the population of interest. Randomized response techniques are …

When open or direct surveys are about sensitive matters (eg gambling habits, addiction to
drug and others intoxicants, alcoholism, proneness to tax invasion, induced abortions …

Present article endeavours to propose a general class of estimators to estimate population
mean of a sensitive character using non-sensitive auxiliary information under five different …

Large-scale surveys are increasingly delving into sensitive topics such as gambling,
alcoholism, drug use, sexual behaviour and domestic violence. Sensitive, stigmatizing or …

This paper proposes a novel approach to decision-making based on a three-phase
application of a new fuzzy logic model that embraces the principles of symmetry by …