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The Dorbish-Bowley’s price index is the

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Important Questions on Index Numbers

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The weighted aggregative price index numbers for 2001 with 2000 as the base year using Paasche's Index Number is: 

Commodity Price (in) Quantities
  2000 2001 2000 2001
A 10 12 20 22
B 8 8 16 18
C 5 6 10 11
D 4 4 7 8
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If Laspeyre’s index number is 110 and Fisher’s ideal index number is 109. Then Paasche’s Index number is
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Fisher’s ideal index does not satisfy ______ test
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The weighted aggregative price index numbers for 2001 with 2000 as the base year using Marshal - Edgeworth Index Number is:

Commodity Price (in) Quantities
  2000 2001 2000 2001
A 10 12 20 22
B 8 8 16 18
C 5 6 10 11
D 4 4 7 8
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The value of the base time period serves as a standard point of comparison:
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The weighted aggregative price index hymbers for 2001 with 2000 as the base year using Fisher's Index Number is

Commodity Price (in) Quantities
  2000 2001 2000 2001
A 10 12 20 22
B 8 8 16 18
C 5 6 10 11
D 4 4 7 8
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Fisher's ideal formula does not satisfy test______.
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Construct Fisher ideal index for the following data taking 2014 as base year

Items year 2014 year 2015
Price Quantity Price Quantity
A 6 50 10 56
B 2 100 2 120
C 4 60 6 60
D 10 30 12 24
E 8 40 12 36

 

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 Define weighted index number.
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Construct Paasche’s index for the following data taking 2014 as base year

Items year 2014 year 2015
Price Quantity Price Quantity
A 6 50 10 56
B 2 100 2 120
C 4 60 6 60
D 10 30 12 24
E 8 40 12 36

 

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 Construct Laspeyre’s index for the following data taking 2014 as base year

Items year 2014 year 2015
Price Quantity Price Quantity
A 6 50 10 56
B 2 100 2 120
C 4 60 6 60
D 10 30 12 24
E 8 40 12 36

 

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Calculate Fisher’s ideal index method for the following data

Commodity 2000 2001
Price Quantity Price Quantity
A 2 7 3 5
B 5 11 6 10
C 3 14 5 11
D 4 16 4 18
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Point out the difference between weighted and unweighted index numbers
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Construct Marshall-Edgeworth index for the following data taking 2014 as base year

Items year 2014 year 2015
Price Quantity Price Quantity
A 6 50 10 56
B 2 100 2 120
C 4 60 6 60
D 10 30 12 24
E 8 40 12 36

 

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The index that satisfies factor reversal test is
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The condition for the time reversal test to hold good with usual notation is
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The Dorbish-Bowley’s price index is the
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Compute Paasche’s index numbers for the 2000 from the following table(Answer up to three decimal values)

Commodity Price Quantity
2002 2010 2002 2010
A 4 6 8 7
B 3 5 10 8
C 2 4 14 12
D 5 7 19 11
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State the methods of weighted aggregate index numbers.
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The index number for 1985 to the base 1980 is 125 and for 1980 to the base 1985 is 80. The given indices satisfy