假設市場評價法（Contingent valuation）多用於評估有關某一非市場性財產（Non-market goods）或公共財（Public goods）在民眾心目中的願付價值（Willingness to pay, WTP）。探討受訪者願付價值之研究調查案的問卷設計方式，大致可分成五種，其中開放式出價法和逐步競價法已被證實會對估計造成偏誤，而支付卡法、二分選擇法和雙界二分選擇法則是現今較常為研究者所使用的價格詢問方法，本論文的研究是針對二分選擇法的最佳設計（Optimal design），作一深入的探討。

假設欲探究之母體的願付價值為一服從平均數為 、標準差為 的常態分配，若採用二分選擇法作為價格詢問的方式，則何種詢問方法才能讓參數估計最佳化，由模擬實驗的結果，我們知道若將受訪者隨機等分成兩群，分別詢問兩個不同的價格，且這兩個價格的平均等於預先猜測的母體平均數，那麼不但會有相當不錯的估計結果，在實際的執行上亦較方便。此外，我們提出較容易計算的參數估計量來代替傳統的最大概似估計量（MLE），並以數理證明保證了新的參數估計量有良好的估計性質。

願付價值的研究若對母體資訊不充分時，常會先採行前測（Pretest）。本論文除了探討二分選擇法的最佳設計之外，亦針對支付卡法和二分選擇法運用在前測時，作一深入的討論，結果發現當事先猜測的母體分配參數和真實分配相差很多下，支付卡法和二分選擇法會產生無法估計的情況，因此我們提出新的前測方法，試圖彌補這兩種傳統前測法的不足，我們稱之為序列詢問法（Sequence method）。序列詢問法為一種追蹤母體平均數的方式，依照現在這位受訪者的回答，決定下一位受訪者的詢問價格，在我們的研究中發現，如此的序列詢問方法比傳統的前測法利用更少的資訊，但仍然維持不錯的母體平均數估計結果。

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