Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/31072 
Year of Publication: 
2005
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Discussion Paper No. 453
Publisher: 
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Sonderforschungsbereich 386 - Statistische Analyse diskreter Strukturen, München
Abstract: 
Microaggregation by individual ranking is one of the most commonly applied disclosure control techniques for continuous microdata. The paper studies the effect of microaggregation by individual ranking on the least squares estimation of a multiple linear regression model in continuous variables. It is shown that the naive parameter estimates are asymptotically unbiased. Moreover, the naive least squares estimates asymptotically have the same variances as the least squares estimates based on the original (non-aggregated) data. Thus, asymptotically, microaggregation by individual ranking does not induce any efficiency loss on the least squares estimation of a multiple linear regression model. Keywords: Asymptotic variance ; consistent estimation ; disclosure control ; individual ranking ; linear model ; microaggregation
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Working Paper

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