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Diaries VS people meters

The paper is divided in two parts. The first part compares the data generated by diaries and people meters in Canada. The comparison shows that both ratings systems generate data that is very similar in terms of general viewing behaviour. For...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF Worldwide Broadcast Audience Research Symposium 1992

Authors: Stan Staple, Chantal Mayrand

June 15, 1992

An overview of the transition from diary-based television audience measurement to people meters in Australia and New Zealand, 1989-1991

This paper reconstructs the history of the introduction of People Meters to Australia and New Zealand during 1989-1991. The rival multinational People Meter operators invested heavily in the race to secure contracts to provide ratings services in the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF Worldwide Broadcast Audience Research Symposium 1992

Author: Terence W. Beed

June 15, 1992

How differences between techniques affect the advertiser in Europe

The map of Europe is deceptively simple as far as TV measurement is concerned. The same technique (a panel equipped with electronic set and people meters) is used in every country, or will be by the end of the year, and only 2 companies, AGB and GFK,...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF Worldwide Broadcast Audience Research Symposium 1992

Author: Jane Perry

June 15, 1992

Local market television measurement: A comparison of the statistical reliability of three methodologies

Since the introduction of the People Meters in the U.S., attention has been centered on its goodness as an accurate measurement method with particular emphasis on validation studies of audience levels. Relatively little attention has been focused on...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF Worldwide Broadcast Audience Research Symposium 1992

Author: Michael Occhiogrosso

Company: Nielsen

June 15, 1992

Adults and young teenagers

The objectives of the paper are: -Measure readership of most print media types such as dailies, weekly and monthly magazines. -Measure viewership of all television broadcast time segments and of video -Measure radio audience Compare press readership...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Conference 1992: The Opportunity Factors To Business Success In The Post War Middle East

Author: Akram Raffoul

June 15, 1992

SRI/CONTAM methodological research

A report on certain methodological research in the U.S.A. is provided. Results from three telephone coincidental studies that were completed in 1986 through 1991 are compared to audience estimates from people-meter measures. Analyses directed at...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: Media Research Meets The Future

Author: Gale D. Metzger

June 15, 1992

Organizational buying behavior

This paper is part of an international study. It discusses the behaviour of purchasing managers and the people they interact with throughout the purchasing process. After a brief description of the methodology used, the first part focuses on the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: Business To Business Marketing

Authors: Andrew C. Gross, Renaud de Maricourt, Francis Malige

June 15, 1992

Comparative perceptions and attitudes of farmers and the general public faced with environmental problems in France

BVA's sociological study gives an in-depth analysis of the mechanisms behind the perceptions and behavior of individuals towards the environment as an overall concept. Its purpose is to show and monitor trends on a regular basis to enable our...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: European Agriculture In Transition

Author: Odile Peixoto

Company: BVA Group

June 15, 1992

A comparison of three methods of estimating South African television audiences

Three methods currently in use in South Africa to estimate television audiences are explained. In order to obtain comparable data , the periods of fieldwork for the three methods had to be matched as closely as possible. The samples used for the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF Worldwide Broadcast Audience Research Symposium 1992

Author: Gert Yssel

June 15, 1992