Contents
Introduction
Learning outcomes
1 Measuring location
1.1 Data on prices
1.2 The median
1.3 The arithmetic mean
1.4 The mean and median compared
Exercises on Section 1
2 Weighted means
2.1 The mean of a combined batch
2.2 Further uses of weighted means
2.3 More than two numbers
Exercises on Section 2
3 Measuring spread
3.1 The range
3.2 Quartiles and the interquartile range
3.3 The five-figure summary and boxplots
Exercises on Section 3
4 A simple chained price index
4.1 A two-commodity price index
Exercise on Section 4
5 The UK government price indices
5.1 What are the CPI and RPI?
5.2 Calculating the price indices
5.3 Using the price indices
Exercises on Section 5
Conclusion
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Solutions
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