The Quality Change Bias Is Most Likely to Put ________

question 49

Multiple Choice

The quality change bias is most likely to put ________ into the CPI and so ________ the inflation rate.

• A) a downward bias; overstate
• B) a random bias; randomly overstate or understate
• C) a downward bias; understate
• D) an upward bias; understate
• E) an upward bias; overstate

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