Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Just curious, did anyone here what had better ratings last night, the baseball game or the debate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 What debate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatKID_II Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Debate beat Baseball by more than 2:1... DEBATE: 36 SHARE BASEBALL: 16 SHARE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 I've always wondered how TV ratings work. I mean, they arent monitoring our televisions, how do they do it? Random surveys? They have people who take journals on their TV viewing? How do they get the results so fast? Anyone give me a synopsis of how it all works... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JinVA Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 I've always wondered how TV ratings work. I mean, they arent monitoring our televisions, how do they do it? Random surveys? They have people who take journals on their TV viewing? How do they get the results so fast? Anyone give me a synopsis of how it all works... 69855[/snapback] They select certain people and give them a box that monitors what they are watching. It's funny though, I've never known anyone or heard of anyone having one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 They select certain people and give them a box that monitors what they are watching. It's funny though, I've never known anyone or heard of anyone having one. 69859[/snapback] Do these people get paid in any way? Dream Job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatKID_II Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Nielson system... A representative sample of families across the counties have their TV viewing electronicaly monitored... This network is made up of several thousands of family representing a cross section of the US... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Coli Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 How do they get the results so fast? Anyone give me a synopsis of how it all works... 69855[/snapback] Mysterious and ingenious ways, Steve. Ways you wouldn't even consider. Take self-flushing urinals, for instance. That radar thing that knows to flush the thing when you walk away, well it also tracks your DNA. That's how they know where we are at all times. Self-flushing urinals. That's how the man keeps us down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BF_in_Indiana Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Thos ratings are stupid. Unlees they monitor a LARGE portion of the country it isn't going to ever be accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Thos ratings are stupid. Unlees they monitor a LARGE portion of the country it isn't going to ever be accurate. 69868[/snapback] Oh yeah, Im sure for these YEARS and YEARS Neilson has been putting Millions of dollars into it, its not accurate at all... Im sure they only ask 8 people. Come on man, sometimes the things you say..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Nielsen has a FAQ page that describes everything pretty thoroughly. http://www.nielsenmedia.com/ For what it's worth, I've never met any members of a so-called "Nielsen family" tho they claim to number in the hundreds of thousands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZC-Boston Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Thos ratings are stupid. Unlees they monitor a LARGE portion of the country it isn't going to ever be accurate. 69868[/snapback] If you ever study statistics you'll learn, that you don't need a very large sample size in order to be accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZC-Boston Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Nielsen has a FAQ page that describes everything pretty thoroughly. http://www.nielsenmedia.com/ For what it's worth, I've never met any members of a so-called "Nielsen family" tho they claim to number in the hundreds of thousands. 69875[/snapback] My friend's parents were a Nielsen household, so they do exist... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like A Mofo Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Thos ratings are stupid. Unlees they monitor a LARGE portion of the country it isn't going to ever be accurate. 69868[/snapback] Im sure the Evil Empire is up to no good!!! Steinbrenner PAYS off Neilsen!!!! BLAME THE YANKEE PAYROLL!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BF_in_Indiana Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Im sure the Evil Empire is up to no good!!! Steinbrenner PAYS off Neilsen!!!! BLAME THE YANKEE PAYROLL!!!! 69884[/snapback] LOL Nah...... I just think that the ratings are scewed by not having a larger group of people in on it. I mean, if they have 250,000 people doing it, most likey they are the ones in the major TV markets. Well, that doesn't tell me what the rest of America is watching. I mean, if you monitored Indiana durring college basketball season you would see that about 80 percent of televisions are tuned into the Hoosiers games. Just stuff like that that doesn't add up for me. Not that I give two craps one way or the other, I just think they are skewed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 My friend's parents were a Nielsen household, so they do exist... 69880[/snapback] if my brother doesn't get to watch 'People's Court' in about 30 seconds, he's gonna throw a fit on their porch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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