Table 3 Comparison of percent relative efficiency (PRE) between the proposed estimator \(\hat{\pi }\) and \(\hat{\pi }_{ST}\) (Singh) estimator.

From: A two-stage randomized response technique for simultaneous estimation of sensitivity and truthfulness

  

\(p=.2\)

\(\pi\)

\(p_o\)

T

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.6

0.2

344.55

335.26

328.94

325.23

324.00

325.26

329.22

336.28

 

0.4

344.84

335.58

329.15

325.30

324.00

325.38

329.81

337.96

 

0.6

345.15

335.92

329.38

325.38

324.00

325.52

330.54

340.17

 

0.8

345.46

336.28

329.63

325.47

324.00

325.69

331.48

343.22

0.7

0.2

798.44

739.93

703.14

682.64

676.00

682.83

704.74

746.07

 

0.4

800.39

741.85

704.32

683.03

676.00

683.46

708.05

756.35

 

0.6

802.41

743.89

705.61

683.46

676.00

684.21

712.22

770.16

 

0.8

804.50

746.07

707.03

683.94

676.00

685.14

717.65

789.72

0.8

0.2

1608.08

1373.57

1244.02

1177.00

1156.00

1177.59

1249.41

1396.43

 

0.4

1616.61

1380.69

1248.00

1178.22

1156.00

1179.59

1260.61

1435.59

 

0.6

1625.47

1388.30

1252.36

1179.59

1156.00

1182.00

1274.88

1489.98

 

0.8

1634.67

1396.43

1257.15

1181.15

1156.00

1184.97

1293.64

1570.65

  

\(p=.3\)

0.6

0.2

231.71

224.06

218.99

216.07

215.11

216.11

219.30

225.19

 

0.4

232.04

224.41

219.22

216.15

215.11

216.24

219.97

227.24

 

0.6

232.38

224.78

219.47

216.24

215.11

216.40

220.90

230.33

 

0.8

232.74

225.19

219.76

216.34

215.11

216.62

222.26

235.54

0.7

0.2

450.54

413.00

390.23

377.78

373.78

377.94

391.56

418.31

 

0.4

452.25

414.63

391.21

378.10

373.78

378.47

394.50

428.12

 

0.6

454.05

416.39

392.31

378.47

373.78

379.16

398.61

443.48

 

0.8

455.93

418.31

393.57

378.91

373.78

380.09

404.75

470.92

0.8

0.2

818.43

689.92

621.56

586.82

576.00

587.24

625.39

706.83

 

0.4

824.85

695.05

624.37

587.68

576.00

588.69

633.90

739.12

 

0.6

831.62

700.66

627.55

588.69

576.00

590.58

645.97

792.57

 

0.8

838.76

706.83

631.18

589.89

576.00

593.13

664.39

898.12

  

\(p=.4\)

0.6

0.2

183.78

176.77

172.32

169.82

169.00

169.85

172.63

177.97

 

0.4

184.14

177.13

172.55

169.89

169.00

169.98

173.34

180.28

 

0.6

184.52

177.53

172.81

169.98

169.00

170.16

174.39

184.20

 

0.8

184.92

177.97

173.11

170.09

169.00

170.41

176.12

192.30

0.7

0.2

312.90

284.25

267.66

258.82

256.00

258.94

268.78

288.91

 

0.4

314.47

285.65

268.48

259.08

256.00

259.39

271.36

298.18

 

0.6

316.12

287.20

269.42

259.39

256.00

260.01

275.24

314.72

 

0.8

317.86

288.91

270.52

259.78

256.00

260.89

281.76

352.59

0.8

0.2

518.87

433.01

389.38

367.70

361.00

368.00

392.20

446.00

 

0.4

523.99

436.88

391.44

368.32

361.00

369.08

398.76

472.93

 

0.6

529.46

441.18

393.83

369.08

361.00

370.55

408.82

524.83

 

0.8

535.30

446.00

396.62

370.00

361.00

372.68

426.19

666.47