METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CATEGORIZE MEDIA IMPRESSIONS BY AGE

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14928468

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Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to categorize audience members by age. An example method disclosed herein includes assigning a weight to each audience member record. In the example method, the weight is based on a quantity of audience members in a same age group as the audience member record. The example method includes, at the child nodes, calculating an effective quantity of audience member records based on the weights of the audience member record assigned to the corresponding child node. In the example method, when the effective quantity of audience member records satisfies a minimum leaf size, splitting the corresponding child node into additional ones of the child nodes based on a corresponding child node attribute-value pair. In the example method, when the effective quantity of audience member records does not satisfy the minimum leaf size, designating the corresponding child node as a terminal node.

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THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US) LLC85 BROAD STREET NEW YORK NY 10004

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Sheppard, Michael Brooklyn, US 190 2031
Sullivan, Jonathan Natick, US 222 1450

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