bls working papers us department of labor bureau statistics office prices and living conditions using hedonic methods for quality adjustment in the cpi consumer audio products component mary kokoski keith waehrer patricia rozaklis paper 344 march 2001 views expressed are those authors do not necessarily reflect policies or other staff members division price index number research 2 massachusetts avenue ne washington dc 20212 kokoski_m gov april 2000 abstract there has been a strong recommendation that explore use regression until recently data limitations have made this goal difficult to implement many categories goods services reports preliminary results employing purchased by from an outside source produce based adjusted indices
