Chapter 3. NBER Indexes: Methods of Construction and Comparisons Among Them

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1. Frontmatter i
2. National Bureau of Economic Research 1963 v
3. Relation of The Directors to The Work and Publications of The National Bureau of Economic Research vi
4. Contents vii
5. Tables ix
6. Appendix Tables x
7. Charts xvi
8. Acknowledgments xviii
9. Introduction 1
10. Chapter 1. Trends in Prices and Terms of Trade 8
11. Chapter 2. Trends in Values and Quantities 36
12. Chapter 3. NBER Indexes: Methods of Construction and Comparisons Among Them 79
13. Chapter 4. Characteristics of Basic Foreign Trade Data 91
14. Chapter 5. Sampling Characteristics and Accuracy of Index Numbers 110
15. Chapter 6. Comparison of NBER Indexes with Others 128
16. Appendixes
17. Appendix A. Indexes and Values for Total Exports and Imports and Major Classes, 1879-1960 141
18. Appendix B. Indexes and Values for Intermediate Classes, 1879 - 1923 226
19. Appendix C. Indexes and Values for Minor Classes, 1879 - 1923, and Description of Composition and Sources of Data 248
20. Appendix D Construction of Quarterly Interpolating Series for U.S. Department of Commerce Annual Import Price Indexes 365
21. Appendix E. Data on Variability, Sampling Error, and Coverage 378
22. Appendix F. Adjustments for Changes in the U.S. Customs Area 402
23. Appendix G. Source Notes and Underlying Data for Charts and Tables 413
24. Appendix H. Indexes of Terms of Trade and Other Price Ratios 442
25. Author Index 477