Anonymous questionnaires

[Lucky Green]

You wrote to my question about anonymous questionnarires:

>        Correlation is easy; assign people consecutive numbers or
>somesuch.  If both participants are anonymous, no problem.  Could you
>bring by the questionnaire by hand, in exchange for cash?

No, they are too far away.

>If not, how
>about a money order and a PO box?
>

They would still need my name.

>        The audit part of this is the tough part.  Would the HHS care
>to agree to a broadcast means of verification?  Would participants 44,
>71 and 94 please come into the re-testing center to verify their
>participation?  There could be a zero knowledge proof of some type to
>demonstrate that you are really patient 94.
>

Can someone suggest a way to accomplish all this?

TIA,


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