The Making of Index Numbers¶
Fisher, I. (1922). The Making of Index Numbers: A Study of Their Varieties, Tests, and Reliability. Houghton Mifflin.
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- The claim to be presenting facts rather than a framing does not survive the observation that the same facts against a different origin support the opposite headline.
This sourceTreats the choice of base period and comparison formula as constitutive of any reported change rather than as neutral bookkeeping.
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Fisher shows with worked examples that the same price data give opposite directions of change depending on which period is the base, but treats this as a defect of some formulae rather than as unavoidable framing.
“In other words here is an actual case where each of two years is represented by the arithmetic index number as being higher priced than the other !”
- The claim to be presenting facts rather than a framing does not survive the observation that the same facts against a different origin support the opposite headline.
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