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- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to apply household-level weights to household-member level audience measurement data
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Application No.: US16168532Application Date: 2018-10-23
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Publication No.: US10853824B2Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- Inventor: Michael Sheppard , Jonathan Sullivan , Peter Lipa , Alejandro Terrazas
- 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 and apparatus to apply household-level weights to audience measurement data at a household-member level are disclosed. An example method to determine demographics of populations to measure media audiences of populations includes determining demographics for members of a first household of a sub-population. First demographics of a first member of the first household are different than second demographics of a second member of the first household. The example method includes calculating a first household-level weight for the first household based on a demographics distribution of the sub-population and aggregate demographics of a population. The example method includes applying the first household-level weight to the first demographics of the first member, applying the first household-level weight to the second demographics of the second member, and estimating a demographics distribution of the population to measure a media audience of the population based on the weighted first demographics and the weighted second demographics.
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