Randomized Response

randomized_response.py

import random

def randomized_response(true_response):
    """
    Return a randomized response giving plausible deniability to a query about our true response value. This allows us to run
    queries across a population while preserving individual privacy.
    
    Parameters
    ---
    true_response : boolean
        A boolean value that is our true response value.
        
    Returns
    ---
    boolean
        A boolean value that is our randomized response value.
    """
    if random.choice([True, False]):
        return true_response
    return random.choice([True, False])