Truthful Surveys

Authors:
Nicolas Lambert;Yoav Shoham
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford CA 94305;Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford CA 94305
Venue:
WINE '08 Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Internet and Network Economics
Year:
2008

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Abstract

We consider the problem of truthfully sampling opinions of a population for statistical analysis purposes, such as estimating the population distribution of opinions. To obtain accurate results, the surveyor must incentivize individuals to report unbiased opinions. We present a rewarding scheme to elicit opinions that are representative of the population. In contrast with the related literature, we do not assume a specific information structure. In particular, our method does not rely on a common prior assumption.