Economic Data
Index Numbers Used to compare changes in some variable rela7ve to some
base period.
Value of index in = given period
absolute value in given period absolute value in base period
X 100
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Chapter 2, Slide 1
Fig. 2-‐2
Index Values for Steel and Newsprint Output
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Chapter 2, Slide 2
Graphing Economic Data Economic variables usually come in two basic forms: • Cross-‐sec@onal data • Time-‐series data A scaBer diagram is a useful and common way of looking at the rela7onship between two variables.
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Chapter 2, Slide 3
Graphing Economic Data Economic variables usually come in two basic forms: •
1. Cross-‐sec@onal data
Average House Prices for Ten Canadian Provinces, 2012
•
2. Time-‐series data
A scaBer diagram is a useful and common way of looking at the rela7onship between two variables.
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Chapter 2, Slide 4
2.4
Graphing Economic Theories
A func@onal rela@on can be expressed: • in a verbal statement • in a numerical schedule (a table)
• in a mathema7cal equa7on • in a graph
Example:
When income is zero, the person will spend $800 a year, and
for every extra $1 of income the person will increase expenditure by 80 cents. C= $800 + 0.8Y Copyright © 2014 Pearson Canada Inc.
Chapter 2, Slide 5
Fig. 2-‐6 Income and Consump@on
Annual Income
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Consump@on Reference LeBer
$
0
$
800
p
2 500
2 800
q
5 000
4 800
r
7 500
6 800
s
10 000
8 800
t
Chapter 2, Slide 6
Graphing Func@onal Rela@ons The rela7onship between two variables may be posi@ve or nega@ve.
If the graphs of these rela7onships are straight lines, the variables
are linearly related to each other.
Otherwise, variables are said to be non-‐linearly related.
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Chapter 2, Slide 7
Four Linear Rela@onships
Let X be the variable measured on the horizontal axis and Y
the variable