Analysis: Ch.2 #1 - The motion picture industry is a competitive industry. Each year‚ more than 50 studios produce a total of 300 to 400 new motion pictures. This managerial report is based on data collected for a sample of 100 motion pictures produced in 2005 and will evaluate the financial success of these motion pictures by using 4 major variables – (A) Opening Gross Sales‚ (B) Total Gross Sales‚ (C) Number of Theaters‚ and (D) Weeks in Top 60. (A) Opening Gross Sales−this variable indicates
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Through the use of numerical measure‚ the Motion Picture Industry can be analyzed more specifically. Descriptive statistics can assist analyst to measure data in terms of location‚ variability‚ association between two variables‚ as well as using data for exploratory analysis and the shape‚ relative location‚ and the identification of outliers. The data presented offers a look at four data sets including opening gross income‚ total gross income‚ number of theaters‚ and weeks in the top 60 movies
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III. Data Analysis For this analysis‚ it was used descriptive statistics of a data set with four variables in order to describe the performance of the motion picture industry. First‚ the study involved measures of Location which include: mean‚ median‚ mode. In addition‚ it was analyzed measures of variability of the data set which include: variance‚ range‚ and standard deviation. Moreover‚ the outliers movies were identified by calculating the z-score of each variable. Finally‚ it was measured the
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usefulness and should be entirely eliminated and replaced with a more democratic‚ fair and open rating system. A rating system for film has been around for quite a while. Since 1926‚ the film industry has been rated in some manner. Back in 1926‚ much more was banned sexually and in terms of violence. “For almost 40 years the US film industry was governed by the Motion Picture Production Code‚ which banned nudity‚ drug use‚ religious ridicule‚ disrespect for the law and other depictions in film that would
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Why the 1930 Motion Picture Production Code Made Better Films What makes a good movie? An engaging plotline‚ talented actors and actresses; perhaps a happy ending? Movies have always been an important part of American culture; of course‚ they can entertain us but they can also hold up mirrors to society‚ raising awareness about issues we need to pay attention to‚ and help us form opinions. But it’s getting harder and harder to find good movies in current theaters. Current films are being made
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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
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book’s use of the male star’s body as a source of sexual and cultural complexity‚ also provides an interesting comparison with Paul Smith’s Clint Eastwood: A Cultural Production. Smith’s book constitutes a major effort to treat a star seriously in the light of contemporary studies of the representation of the body and the contrast between the "real" body of the actor and "reel" body on the screen‚ both ree(a)ls being both inevitably different and inexorably linked together. Smith breaks new ground
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transplantation. In fact‚ there are no people and even impossible find another way instead of animal testing‚ because people’s researches have to use lives to test. Therefore‚ people’s process without animal testing that will inhibit the world’s improvement and will be unpractical. Human is the critical life of the world‚ and people should continue to use animal testing for human development. There are quantities of successful cases about people’s inventions depend on animal testing in the past
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America Should Continue to Use the Capital Punishment Recent years‚ capital punishment has been a focused problem and heated discussion among countries in the world. In the legislation system‚ capital punishment is the highest and cruelest punishment to criminal offenders. Nowadays‚ more than 100 countries have abolished death penalty‚ but some of the other countries still keep and implement capital punishment‚ such as America‚ which it is rare that using death punishment in developed countries
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smokes‚ or does any other type of bodily harm to herself with substances‚ even though it is wrong‚ it is her body and she can do what she pleases with it. But when that same woman becomes pregnant‚ her focus should be that developing creature in her belly. The woman should discontinue the use of all teratogens because she is now responsible for two lives.
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