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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><span style="background-color: rgba(252, 251, 248, 0.901961); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Hi, </span><div><span style="background-color: rgba(252, 251, 248, 0.901961); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(252, 251, 248, 0.901961); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">A file contains data for 1975-2012 of housing prices across a panel of countries.</span></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br></span></font><p style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(252, 251, 248, 0.901961);">However, it's indexed to 2005, so each country's housing price series converges to 100 in 2005, then they spread apart again to 2012.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(252, 251, 248, 0.901961);"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(252, 251, 248, 0.901961);">This makes graphing all data series on one chart for comparison's sake somewhat awkward and unintelligible.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(252, 251, 248, 0.901961);"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(252, 251, 248, 0.901961);">Without the original data, a. could one properly reindex the data from 1975 in a statistically correct manner, and b. how could someone do this in R?</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(252, 251, 248, 0.901961);"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(252, 251, 248, 0.901961);">Posted this in cross-validated, but if there is a better forum for this question, just let me know. </p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(252, 251, 248, 0.901961);"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(252, 251, 248, 0.901961);">Thanks for any help!</p><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="chrome-extension://fcdjadjbdihbaodagojiomdljhjhjfho/css/atd.css"></div> </div></body>
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