When Preparing a Price Index Based on Multiple Products, If

question 127

Multiple Choice

When preparing a price index based on multiple products, if the price of each product is weighted by the quantity of the product purchased in a given period of time, the resulting index is called a ________ price index.

• A) Paasche
• B) weighted aggregate
• C) Laspeyres
• D) cyclical (seasonal)

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Definitions:

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