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The Data
The data in each of the three reports can be interpreted in a similar manner.
The (mils) column is the estimated number (in millions) of people or U.S. households who exhibited the target
behavior in the row and column. For example, 15.1 million U.S. adults report watching the cable channel AMC
as well as own 1 dog.
The Vertical % column is the estimated % of all people in a column who watch the channel reported in the
tables row. For example, of all people who own 1 dog, 23.8% of them also report watching AMC.
The Horizontal % column is the estimated % of all people in a row who also exhibit the behavior reported in
the tables column. For example, of all people who watch AMC, 29.7% of them own 1 dog.
These three pieces of information can be informative on their own. However, they can also be used to calculate
other useful metrics.
Task 1: Understanding the Data
2. Which channel is much more likely to be watched by someone with 4 or more dogs than an average
American? What is the INDEX value for this channel? An INDEX value of 100 is the benchmark for an average
American adult to have 4 or more dogs.
3. Which channel is much LESS likely to be watched by someone with 4 or more cats than compared to an
average American? What is the INDEX value?
4. If we wanted to reach the absolute most 2 to 3 dog owning households by advertising on only a single cable
channel, which channel would we pick?
5. Based on these results, is it fair to say that Animal Planet watchers are more likely to own either a cat or dog
compared to the national average?
6. Regardless of the number of dogs or cats someone owns (including zero!), about how many U.S. adults in total
said they watch the Cooking Channel?
1. Assuming people only buy from one of the three options, how many people in total bought their pet
food from a discount store, a pet specialty store, or directly from their veterinarian? What % of this
total bought from their veterinarian?
2. Which cable channel had viewers with the largest % of their pet food shopping done at a
veteranarian?
Disc Pet
ount speci Vete
Stor alty rinar
e shop ian
(mil Vert Hor (mil Vert Hor (mil Vert Hor
Target s) % z% s) % z% s) % z%
Total 22.8 100.0 9.6 53.2 100.0 22.5 10.2 100.0 4.3
HH subscribes to Cable 10.6 46.3 9.0 25.9 48.6 22.1 5.2 50.8 4.4
AMC 5.9 25.8 11.5 12.2 22.9 23.9 2.4 23.1 4.6
Animal Planet 5.9 25.7 11.3 13.6 25.5 26.2 2.8 27.1 5.3
Comedy Central 3.6 15.9 10.7 9.0 16.9 26.6 1.7 16.8 5.0
Cooking Channel 2.9 12.6 9.2 6.9 13.1 22.2 1.3 13.1 4.3
Discovery Channel 7.5 33.0 11.0 17.0 32.0 24.9 3.4 33.0 4.9
Food Network 5.3 23.3 9.4 13.7 25.8 24.2 2.4 23.4 4.2
Fox News Channel 6.7 29.2 9.8 15.3 28.8 22.4 3.3 31.9 4.8
History Channel 8.6 37.8 11.2 18.2 34.2 23.8 3.7 36.2 4.8
HGTV 5.2 22.8 10.8 12.5 23.4 26.0 2.5 24.3 5.2
Syfy 4.1 18.0 10.6 9.0 17.0 23.2 2.0 19.4 5.1
Weather Channel 7.7 33.8 10.4 16.1 30.3 21.7 3.5 34.0 4.7