An analysis of the rock album Nevermind by Nirvana (1992) utilizing regression analysis. The goal was to see how much variance in the choice of the next note played can be attributed to other variables, such as track number, tempo, current note, current notes tonal distance from previous note, whether the note is in the chorus, verse, or bridge, and track length. Two models were analyzed, a simple model consisting of a minimal amount of variables, and a complex model with all variables utilized. The simple model held an R square of -.3624 with no significant predictors for the next note and a p value of .7879. The complex model attained significant results, with a p value less than 2.16e-16 and an adjusted R squared of .2287. Nearly a quarter of the variance in the choice of the next note to be played was explained by the selected variables. Appended is the ouput from the statistical program R.
The paper was written for a statistics course for social sciences in 2011, but was revised and modified before being submitted on academese.com. Attached are the csv files of the data sets used.

• Author(s) : Jonah Cox
• Year : 2013
• Course Name : Psychology 204B: Causal Modeling of Correlational Data
• Smells Like Statistical Spirit
• nirvana_simple
• nirvana_complex
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