Methods of Statistical Comparison

Syllabus

1. Introduction to the theory of comparison and index method – types of compared values and their comparability, comparison by difference and ratio, base of comparison, development of index numbers method. 2. Classification of index numbers and request put on them, characteristics of index numbers. 3. Borktiewicz´s destruction. 4. Individual index numbers – their types and absolute differences. 5. Cumulative index numbers – their types and absolute differences. 6. Comparison of compound phenomena – comparison of products of two factors (decompositions of their indices and absolute differences) 7. Comparison of compound phenomena – comparison of sums of products of two factors (decompositions of their indices and absolute differences) 8. Price index numbers in economic praxis – consumer price indices and cost of living indices, detection of consumer prices. 9. Utilize of price index numbers – measurement of inflation, statistical deflation, price coefficients of elasticity. 10. International comparison – select of countries, comparison of data, international comparison of gross domestic product, international statistical organs and their publications. 11. Methods of multidimensional comparison – determining the type of variables, methods of creating a synthetic variable (order method, scoring method, method of standardised variable, method of distance from the fictitious object). 12. Directions and concepts in index theory – basic forms of classical price indices. 13. Directions and concepts in index theory – directions of modern index theory (asymmetric forms of price index numbers, regression, functional approach, Stuvel´s, Divisi´s index).