Question: The data presented in the Table below show the Price and Quantity of selected export commodities for years 2012 2015. Price and Quantity data for
The data presented in the Table below show the Price and Quantity of selected export commodities for years 2012 2015.
Price and Quantity data for a group of selected export commodities
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |||||
| Price ($) | Exports (kg) | Price ($) | Exports (kg) | Price ($) | Exports (kg) | Price ($) | Exports (kg) | |
| ITEM | P12 | Q12 | P13 | Q13 | P14 | Q14 | P15 | Q15 |
| Group 1 | ||||||||
| Cement | 30 | 318 | 32 | 355 | 35 | 466 | 44 | 370 |
| Methanol | 120 | 278 | 118 | 315 | 115 | 238 | 116 | 245 |
| Rum | 22 | 215 | 23 | 198 | 24 | 218 | 25 | 250 |
| Cocoa | 18 | 780 | 13 | 840 | 10 | 945 | 14 | 990 |
1a) Using the Price data for the years 2012 2015, calculate a Simple (Unweighted) Aggregative
Index.
1b) Construct a table showing a comparison of Simple (Unweighted) Average of Price Relatives for the years 2012 2015, calculate using
- the Arithmetic Mean of Price Relatives
- the Median of Price Relatives
- the Geometric Mean of Price Relatives.
1c) Construct Quantity Indices with Price as weights(show the Formulas and all computations) for the period 2012 2015 according to the following methods.
- Laspeyres Quantity Indices
- Paasche Quantity Indices
- Fisher Quantity Indices
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