Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reducing processing requirements to correct for bias in ratings data having interdependencies among demographic statistics
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Application No.: US14835401Application Date: 2015-08-25
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Publication No.: US10740774B2Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Michael Sheppard , Jonathan Sullivan , Alejandro Terrazas , Peter Lipa , Albert Ronald Perez
- Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: G06Q30/02
- IPC: G06Q30/02

Abstract:
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to correct for bias in ratings data are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include accessing information specifying a set of population strata having corresponding strata demographic statistics capable of being combined to determine a first set of baseline demographic statistics for a sample population that corresponds to a second set of baseline demographic statistics for a target population. Disclosed example methods also include determining a set of weights corresponding respectively to the set of population strata that reduces bias between the second set of baseline demographic statistics for the target population and the first set of baseline demographic statistics for the sample population when the set of weights is applied to the strata demographic statistics to determine the first set of baseline demographic statistics for the sample population. Disclosed example methods further include adjusting attributes associated with sample population individuals to determine ratings data.
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