Visualizing cereal world
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چکیده
We discuss the basic theory of price indices. These form the basis for the Consumer Price Index in the United States. We note situations which can lead to non-robustness and volatility in several different price indices. An experiment to replace survey-based data with point of sales (POS) scanner data is being carried out. We visually explore the scanner data and conclude that certain aspects of scanner data can lead to non-robustness of commonly used price indices.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
دوره 43 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003