A Popular Comedy Show, Which Is Shown on Fox Network

question 114

Multiple Choice

A popular comedy show, which is shown on Fox network, had a rating or 4.0 but a share of 7. Why are these two numbers different?

• A)Rating includes all TV households and share considers only those households that have their TVs on at that time.
• B)Share includes all TV households and rating considers only those households that have their TVs on at that time.
• C)Rating is provided by Arbitron and share is provided by Nielsen, and both use different methods for estimating audience size.
• D)Rating is provided by Nielson and share is provided by Arbitron, and both use different methods for estimating audience size.
• E)Rating compares audience size to the entire TV universe, while share compares only audience size to other network programming.

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