Motion Picture Case Study
Assignment No. 2
September 23, 2014 Case Study: Motion Picture Industry
Course: ‐Statistics
Professor: Homayoun Khamooshi, Ph. D.
Team Members:
Selena El Hajji
Cristina Brain Vizcarra
Mandatory Integrity Document for MSPM Team Projects
Cristina Brain Vizcarra:
“I am satisfied that the contribution made by each team member warrants a full share of the credit for this work, and I affirm that I have completed this assignment in accordance with the Code of Academic Integrity.” During this team project, I contributed to ensuring we addressed into the management report the last two questions of the assignment. We decided to follow the same format as the previous assignment. I also performed a review for edits and formatting of the entire document.
Selena El Hajji
“I am satisfied that the contribution made by each team member warrants a full
share of the credit for this work, and I affirm that I have completed this assignment in accordance with the Code of Academic Integrity.” I contributed by addressing the first requirement, as well as contributing to the content of the document. I also reviewed and formatted the document for this team case project. 2 | P a g e
Executive Summary
The purpose of this study is to analyze how different variables are related to the success of a motion picture. For the basis of the analysis, data of 100 motion pictures produced in 2005 was used. Specifically, the performance data collected are the motion picture titles, open date gross sales, total gross sales, the number of theatres which screened the movie, and the amount of weeks the motion picture was in the top 60 for gross sales. Several numerical methods of descriptive statistics are used to determine the analysis. We use descriptive statistics to describe the four variables measured in the motion picture study. We also identify the motion
September 23, 2014 Case Study: Motion Picture Industry
Course: ‐Statistics
Professor: Homayoun Khamooshi, Ph. D.
Team Members:
Selena El Hajji
Cristina Brain Vizcarra
Mandatory Integrity Document for MSPM Team Projects
Cristina Brain Vizcarra:
“I am satisfied that the contribution made by each team member warrants a full share of the credit for this work, and I affirm that I have completed this assignment in accordance with the Code of Academic Integrity.” During this team project, I contributed to ensuring we addressed into the management report the last two questions of the assignment. We decided to follow the same format as the previous assignment. I also performed a review for edits and formatting of the entire document.
Selena El Hajji
“I am satisfied that the contribution made by each team member warrants a full
share of the credit for this work, and I affirm that I have completed this assignment in accordance with the Code of Academic Integrity.” I contributed by addressing the first requirement, as well as contributing to the content of the document. I also reviewed and formatted the document for this team case project. 2 | P a g e
Executive Summary
The purpose of this study is to analyze how different variables are related to the success of a motion picture. For the basis of the analysis, data of 100 motion pictures produced in 2005 was used. Specifically, the performance data collected are the motion picture titles, open date gross sales, total gross sales, the number of theatres which screened the movie, and the amount of weeks the motion picture was in the top 60 for gross sales. Several numerical methods of descriptive statistics are used to determine the analysis. We use descriptive statistics to describe the four variables measured in the motion picture study. We also identify the motion