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2014


Longitudinal Ethnography and Acceleration Studies

Ethnographic studies of consumers’ video-viewing habits:

Findings from a completed acceleration ethnography designed to help determine consumers’ likely future video-device purchases

Interim findings from an ongoing, two-year longitudinal ethnography, scheduled for completion in 2015

Date Issued: August 6th, 2014

Research Associate: GfK

Committee: Media Consumption and Engagement and Digital Research Committees

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Talking Social TV 2

An in-depth follow-up to the CRE’s 2013 “Talking Social TV” study of the relationship of social media use and TV viewing.

Date Issued: April 10th, 2014

Research Associate: Keller Fay Group, Nielsen

Committee: Social Media Committee

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Research Quality in an Age of Big Data

A presentation and discussion focused on quality issues of Big Data and audience measurement, as a forerunner to the development of a CRE Big Data Primer.

Date Issued: February 11th, 2014

Research Associate: Pre-Meditated Media

Committee: Big Data Committee

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2013


Diary Market Ratings Analysis

A study of ten years of relative standard error in Nielsen diaries.

Date Issued: October 8th, 2013

Research Associate: BIA Kelsey, Nielsen

Committee: Local Measurement

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Response Bias Revisited

A study that evaluated response bias in address-based samples.

Date Issued: October 8th, 2013

Research Associate: Nielsen, RTI

Committee: Sample Quality

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Neurological Assessment of Cross-Screen Advertising

A neurometric comparison of PC vs. TV video consumption.

Date Issued: June 13th, 2013

Research Associate: Nielsen Neurofocus

Committee: Digital

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Talking Social TV

A study to understand the relationship of Social Media use and TV viewing.

Date Issued: June 11th, 2013

Research Associate: Keller Fay Group, Nielsen, academic review led by Dr. Peter Fader, professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School

Committee: Social Media

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The Current State of Marketing Mix Models

A review of approaches, data and use of marketing mix models.

Date Issued: June 10th, 2013

Research Associate: Sequent Partners

Committee: ROI

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TV Untethered

A study comparing video viewing on TV's, PC's and mobile devices.

Date Issued: June 10th, 2013

Research Associate: Chadwick Martin Bailey

Committee: Media Consumption and Engagement

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Video Ad Viewability on Peripheral Devices

A review of published research on viewable impressions.

Date Issued: April 8th, 2013

Research Associate: Pre-Meditated Media

Committee: Digital

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2012


The Evolution of the Set-Top Box

A study of the growing number of video-consumption/delivery devices and the tuning that occurs on these devices.

Date Issued: December 19th, 2012

Research Associate: One Touch Intelligence

Committee: Return Path Measurement

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Can Publisher Data Play a Role in the Digital Advertising Ecosystem?

A study of digital publishers' practices in the collection and handling of user data.

Date Issued: April 3rd, 2012

Research Associate: Ernst & Young LLP

Committee: Digital

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2011


Study of Media-Related Universe Estimates

A survey of independent households' media-related equipment in the Dallas-Fort Worth DMA.

Date Issued: July 21st, 2011

Research Associate: Ernst & Young LLP, Nielsen

Committee: Universe Estimates Committee (Committee on hiatus)

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UX The Video User Experience

A review of research studies on the video-user experience on multiple screens and formats. 

Date Issued: June 14th, 2011

Research Associate: BIA/Kelsey, George Washington University

Committee: Media Consumption and Engagement

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2010


Measuring the Un-Measured Viewer

A study of response bias in TV meter and diary panels.

Date Issued: June 21st, 2010

Research Associate: Nielsen, RTI and an academic team led by University of Michigan Professor Robert Groves providing independent evaluation

Committee: Sample Quality

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Video Consumer Mapping Study Data Mining

Additional data from the CRE's 2009 Video Consumer Mapping Study.

Date Issued: May 10th, 2010

Research Associate: Ball State University, Nielsen, Sequent Partners

Committee: Media Consumption & Engagement

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The State of Set-Top Box Viewing Data

A study of the state of set-top box measurement.

Date Issued: March 9th, 2010

Research Associate: Tim Brooks, Jim Dennison and Stu Gray

Committee: Return Path Measurement (formerly Set-Top Box)

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2009


Video Consumer Mapping Study

A landmark $3.5 million national study of usage habits across all media for which observers were embedded in some 400 consumers' homes.

Date Issued: March 26th, 2009

Research Associate: Ball State University, Nielsen, Sequent Partners

Committee: Media Consumption and Engagement

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2006


Marketplace Practices Study

A study to examine actual use of local TV data in buying and selling.

Date Issued: December 1st, 2006

Committee: Marketplace Practices Committee

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