To the contrary, partial lying decreases in distance and anonymity.
In Figure 10a, with the increase of the average demand of k-anonymity, RAL k would decrease; however, the total number of users in the set would not increase largely.
Telephone interviews also provide rich data [ 54], enable greater geographical access to participants [ 54], decrease time and costs [ 55] and enable more participant anonymity [ 56].
By guaranteeing anonymity the potential for social desirability bias was decreased.
"The variables were increasing, not decreasing," said one of the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss details of the operation.
For example, web-based interventions can decrease the stigma associated with a (mental) health condition by providing a certain degree of anonymity [ 6, 7].
One Chicago officer, who was not authorized to speak to the media and spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the so-called "YouTube effect" was not the real reason for decreased police initiative.
"The switches weren't turned off, but there has been a real decrease in quality" of communications, said one United States official, who like others quoted spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence programs.
