The Government's Use of a Statistical Technique Called Hedonics

question 35

Multiple Choice

The government's use of a statistical technique called hedonics

• A)is intended to account for the changing quality of products when calculating price movements.
• B)has been alleged by some people to cause the government-reported inflation rate to be lower than the true inflation rate.
• C)has been criticized by some people as being too subjective.
• D)All of the above are correct.

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