What Can We Learn with Statistical Truth Serum?

Due to the inherent sensitivity of many survey questions, a number of researchers have adopted an indirect questioning technique known as the list experiment (or the item-count technique) in order to reduce dishonest or evasive responses. However, standard practice with the list experiment requires a large sample size, utilizes only a difference-in-means estimator, and does not provide a measure of the sensitive item for each respondent. This...