synthetic_gfk: Synthetic scanner data for one consumer electronic product

In multilateral: Generalised Function to Calculate a Variety of Multilateral Price Index Methods

Synthetic scanner data for one consumer electronic product

Description

GfK have made this available as a public good for the international statistical community, to aid research into new price index methods.

Usage

synthetic_gfk

Format

data frame with 5509 rows and 15 variables

month_num

Month number, 0-25

char1-11

Product characteristics

prodid_num

Product identifier, created from unique characteristics

quantity

The quantity of items sold in that month as an integer

value

Sales total (NZD)

Details

The data is based on one product category from the scanner data used in production of the New Zealand Consumers Price Index.

The synthetic data has been heavily modified to remove identification potential, while still retaining some of the characteristics of scanner data which make traditional index methods inadequate - such as high product turnover and volatile price and quantities - which motivate the multilateral index methods that are currently being researched within the international statistical community.

Source

GfK New Zealand

multilateral documentation built on April 20, 2022, 9:06 a.m.