Exploring Music

Preregistration of analyses

Analysis #1

  1. We are analyzing song duration and song tempo and their relationship with song popularity. We want to see if other variables influence song popularity. This would give us more insight into song popularity as a whole while trying to take into consideration hidden variables. 

Analysis #2

  1. We are also going to analyze the relationship between an artist’s familiarity and popularity compared to the song’s popularity. We want to see if there is a direct relationship between how popular a specific song is compared to how familiar people are with the artist, as well as their popularity.