turvey: Artificial prices of seasonal products Data created by R....

Description Usage Format Source

Description

The is dataset is presented in the ILO CPI manual. In 1979 Turvey sent his artificial data set to statistical agencies around the world, asking them to use their normal techniques to construct monthly and annual average price indices. About 20 countries replied, and Turvey summarized the responses as follows: ‘‘It will be seen that the monthly indices display very large differences, e.g., a range of 129.12–169.50 in June, while the range of simple annual means is much smaller. It will also be seen that the indices vary as to the peak month or year.’’

Usage

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Format

data frame with 176 rows and 4 variables

month

The time as a Date type

commodity

The seasonal product, as a factor (Apples, Grapes, Oranges, Peaches, Strawberries)

price

The price as numeric

quantity

The quantity of items sold in that month as an integar

Source

https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—dgreports/—stat/documents/presentation/wcms_331153.pdf


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