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JonLP24

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6. They don't factor in

Reply to charlie and algernon (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 04:08 PM

Oct 2012

unless they recently came up with some technology to do so. Only households last I knew.

Being at home wouldn't of mattered as far as the ratings count unless you have a box (that records what you watch) or tasked to do a diary on what you watched. They use a method called statistical sampling to come up with an estimate for the entire population.

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