The OzTAM panel
Households are recruited to OzTAM’s metropolitan panel via a large-scale Establishment Survey, administered by Nielsen TAM, that defines the population to be represented and its characteristics. This survey is carried out continually and involves thousands of interviews each year.
The survey selection process is random and every private residential household in OzTAM’s coverage area has a chance of being chosen for interview. Panel homes are then selected from the survey respondents.
The household recruitment process is carefully managed to ensure the panel is an accurate representation of the overall population OzTAM provides data for.
The panel’s characteristics are also continually monitored against external benchmarks, such as Australian Bureau of Statistics data, and households are turned over periodically.
There is a panel for each of OzTAM’s five metropolitan markets, comprising a total of 3,135 homes:
- Sydney: 865 homes
- Melbourne: 705
- Brisbane: 615
- Adelaide: 475
- Perth: 475
There is also a panel for the National Subscription TV market comprised of 1,413 Subscription TV homes drawn from the metropolitan and Regional TAM services.
In terms of panel size relative to the overall population, OzTAM’s panel is among the world’s largest.
The maximum period of time that a household stays on the OzTAM panel is four years. Panel homes may elect to leave the service at any time and OzTAM replaces panel households as required to maintain statistically robust reporting.
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