Making the Release of Confidential Data from Multi-Way Tables Count

摘要

Statistical disclosure limitation (SDL) and confidentiality have often been shrouded with a nonstatistical veil and the methodology for protecting confidential data has produced problematic outcomes for research data users. Here we describe one possible statistical approach to SDL for data in the form of multidimensional contingency tables that illustrates the following points: For categorical data the traditional form of reporting has been marginal tables and conditionals.