* PRICE INDEXES * Data set from Newbold (1984, Chapter 16) SAMPLE 1 12 READ P1 P2 P3 P4 20.25 4.125 5.25 46.125 19.875 4.125 6.0 45.25 19.0 4.125 5.5 45.25 19.75 4.125 5.625 46.0 20.25 3.875 6.0 48.25 19.875 3.875 5.375 48.625 19.375 4.0 5.375 47.75 19.625 4.0 5.375 50.125 21.125 4.125 5.75 51.5 22.375 4.375 5.375 51.0 25.0 4.75 7.25 54.0 23.0 4.375 6.625 52.75 READ Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 8.2 4.3 14.4 27.1 6.3 1.5 16.0 12.9 6.7 1.3 6.9 12.1 4.5 1.9 4.4 13.6 4.3 2.7 5.0 21.9 5.4 1.5 3.8 17.3 3.8 1.7 3.1 11.7 4.3 1.5 3.8 23.8 5.4 1.8 4.9 17.0 9.5 3.5 4.1 21.4 13.7 4.4 18.1 25.0 8.3 2.6 11.3 20.5 INDEX P1 Q1 P2 Q2 P3 Q3 P4 Q4 / QDIVISIA=QD PAASCHE=PA PRINT QD PA STOP