The assignment 4 for price index course: https://github.com/ppd-dpp/price-index-course
1. Which province saw the largest increase in prices since the beginning of 2018? By how much did prices change?
Ontario increased largest to 193.6 comparing to January 2018.
2. Which province saw the smallest increase in prices since the beginning of 2018? By how much did prices change?
British Columbia increased smallest to 144.4 comparing to January 2018.
3. What was the largest month-over-month movement in prices? In which province and month did this occur?
Nova Scotia experienced the largest month-over-month movement at increasing 10.19% in November 2018.
4. Plot all three Canada-level indices on a graph. Which index shows the largest percent increase in national widget prices since quarter 1 2019?
The CREA index shows the largest increase to 136.2 since Q1 2019.
5. (Bonus) Calculate coefficients of variation (CVs) for the provincial indices. Using the usual quality rules for disseminating data at Statistics Canada, which provincial indices would need to be disseminated with a warning (i.e., a CV greater than 33.3)?
All provincial indices are valid based on the requirement of coefficients of variation.