Re: ensuring confidentiality (fwd)

2000-08-05 Thread DavidS9307
Thank you all for your ideas. I don't know whether I have a solution to my problem yet, but your input has certainly been helpful in getting me pointed in the right direction. Thanks again. David Schmalz = Instructions for

Re: ensuring confidentiality (fwd)

2000-08-05 Thread Donald Burrill
On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, dennis roberts wrote: At 09:59 AM 8/4/00 -0400, Bob Hayden wrote, replying to Peter Lewycky: I've yet to meet an (adult) respondent who did not know his mother's maiden name and her birthdate. :) We must meet sometime!-) can i come too? i remember her maiden name

Re: ensuring confidentiality (fwd)

2000-08-04 Thread Bob Hayden
- Forwarded message from Peter Lewycky - I've yet to meet an (adult) respondent who did not know his mother's maiden name and her birthdate. :) - End of forwarded message from Peter Lewycky - We must meet sometime!-) _ | |Robert W. Hayden

Ensuring confidentiality

2000-08-03 Thread DavidS9307
I would like to collect data in a school on a survey form where the respondents enter only a code number to identify themselves. I would like the code number to be something that the participants will be able to remember for follow-up data collection in the near future, but I would also like to

Re: Ensuring confidentiality

2000-08-03 Thread Donald Burrill
On 3 Aug 2000, DavidS9307 wrote: I would like to collect data in a school on a survey form where the respondents enter only a code number to identify themselves. I would like the code number to be something that the participants will be able to remember for follow-up data collection in

Re: Ensuring confidentiality

2000-08-03 Thread Peter Lewycky
I've used mother's maiden name (abbreviated if too long or padded if too short)+ birthdate of mother or respondent. Donald Burrill wrote: On 3 Aug 2000, DavidS9307 wrote: I would like to collect data in a school on a survey form where the respondents enter only a code number to identify

Re: Ensuring confidentiality

2000-08-03 Thread Rich Ulrich
On 03 Aug 2000 06:45:45 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DavidS9307) wrote: I would like to collect data in a school on a survey form where the respondents enter only a code number to identify themselves. I would like the code number to be something that the participants will be able to remember for

ensuring confidentiality

2000-08-03 Thread Bob Hayden
You must have a different audience than I if you think they can spell other people's names, remember numbers, identify and encode playing cards, know their mother's maiden name and birthdate, etc. The task needs to be one they are capable of and motivated to attempt. Maybe the survey could

Re: ensuring confidentiality

2000-08-03 Thread Peter Lewycky
The original question was how to come up with a unique identification that would be known only to the respondent and would be remembered. As long as they put in 4 Latin characters followed by 6 Arabic numbers (that could pass for a date ... I don't check). Maybe they used their girl friend's name