Composite Index Number

A price index for a group of commodities is called a composite price index. A consumer price index which represents a price comparison for a group of commodities such as wheat, sugar, rice, barley etc. is an example of composite index number. The four basic forms of composite indexes are given below.

•    Average of Relatives
•    Average of weighted relatives
•    Simple aggregative
•    Weighted aggregative

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