Statistics MCQs

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The Laspeyres price index_____________?
A. Regards the base year quantities as fixed
B. Regards the base year price as fixed
C. Regards the current year quantities as fixed
D. Non of these
The formula ∑pnqn/poqn x100 is used to calculate?
A. The laspeyres price index
B. The paasche price index
C. The paasche quantity index
D. The laspeyres quantity index
Base year quantities are used as weights in _______________?
A. Laspeyre’s index
B. Paasche’s index
C. Fisher’s index
D. None of these
Fisher’s ideal index number is also obtained by _______________?
A. Taking a.m. of laspeyre’s and paasche’s index
B. Taking g.m. of laspeyre’s and paasche’s index
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. None of these
An index number is used______________?
A. To measure changes in quantity
B. To measure changes in price
C. To measure changes in a variable over time
D. To measure changes in demand
A simple aggregate quantity index is used to______________?
A. Measure the change in quantity of product
B. Measure the overall change in price of a range of products
C. Measure the overall change in quantity of range of product.
D. Measure the change in price of a product