Q Score

a popularity measurement

TRANSLATION

Q Score = die Beliebtheitsskala --- GOOGLE INDEX Q Score: approximately 150,000 Google hits

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

Ramos' Q SCORE among Latino audiences places him between soccer magician Lionel Messi and the pop starlet Shakira.

(Time magazine)

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Kayne West had a Q SCORE of 17 among women between ages 18-49 before dating Kim Kardashian, but that score is now at three.

(Hollywood Take online news portal)

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Q Score
noun phrase

- a scale measuring the popularity of a person or thing

(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

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The Q Score is a measurement of the familiarity and appeal of a brand, company, celebrity, or television show used in the United States. The higher the Q Score, the more highly regarded the item or person is among the group that is familiar with them. Q Scores and other variants are primarily used by the media, marketing, advertising, and public relations industries.

The Q Score is a metric that determines a "quotient" (Q) factor through mail and online panellists who make up representative samples of the population. The Q score identifies the familiarity of an athlete, celebrity, licensed property, TV show, or brand and measures the appeal of each among people familiar with each.

The Q Score was developed in 1963 by Jack Landis and is owned by Marketing Evaluations, Inc, the company he founded in 1964.Q Scores are calculated for the population as a whole as well as by demographic groups such as age, gender, income, marital status, or education level.

(adapted from Wikipedia)

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SYNONYMS

Q Rating, Q Factor

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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation

"The CEO's Q Score went up after he announced an employee bonus plan."

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Thanks to Ron for suggesting today's word!

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