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Question
Calculate Walsh’s Price Index Number for the following data.
| Commodity | Base year | Current year | ||
| Price p0 |
Quantity q0 |
Price p1 |
Quantity q1 |
|
| I | 8 | 30 | 12 | 25 |
| II | 10 | 42 | 20 | 16 |
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Solution
| Commodity | Base Year | Current Year | q0q1 | `sqrt("q"_0"q"_1)` | `"p"_1/sqrt("q"_0"q"_1)` | `"p"_0/sqrt("q"_0"q"_1)` | ||
| p0 | q0 | p1 | q1 | |||||
| I | 8 | 30 | 12 | 25 | 750 | 27.39 | 328.68 | 219.12 |
| II | 10 | 42 | 20 | 16 | 672 | 25.92 | 518.40 | 259.20 |
| Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | 847.08 | 478.32 |
From the table,
`sum"p"_1sqrt("q"_0"q"_1) = 847.08, sum"p"_0sqrt("q"_0"q"_1) = 478.32`
Walsh’s Price Index Number:
P01(W) = `(sum"p"_1sqrt("q"_0"q"_1))/(sum"p"_0sqrt("q"_0"q"_1)) xx 100`
= `(847.08)/(478.32) xx 100`
= 177.09
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