The regression method of adjustment for price changes produces estimates that are close to those produced by the reclassification method, especially when the results are aggregated into three sales classes The difference between the two methods is greatest for the smallest sales classes Although...

Most economists understand linear regression as the estimation of the parameters of a linear model. There are two other ways of interpreting the results of linear regression, however, and most software packages designed specifically to handle data from complex sample surveys (for example,...