The better alternative to fusion - a modelling procedure to simulate independent media currencies

This paper describes the Virtual Diary creation process in which a ‘limited’ amount of single source data (for press, TV, Radio, Internet) is added to a large scale, ad hoc target group survey, and then ‘expanded’ using mathematical techniques to simulate a PeopleMeter/diary data base that matches the ‘currency’ survey/panel results.

The better alternative to fusion – a modelling procedure to simulate independent media currencies

Peter Masson and Paul SumnerBucknull & Masson, United Kingdom

PREFACE

This paper describes a practical and economic route to providing the media planner with a multi-media and target group data base and evaluation system for campaign planning, where the different media results either are the planning and buying 'currency' or simulate the results of the 'currency' very closely. The data modelling procedure is known as the VDiary (Virtual Diary) creation process and the evaluation software is SESAME.

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