Statistical models for the perception of music

Taekema, Maurice (2020) Statistical models for the perception of music. Bachelor's Thesis, Mathematics.

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Abstract

The well-known theatre Oosterpoort in Groningen conducted a sociological research into the perception of music by conducting a questionnaire. This research tries to build a mathematical analysis for such studies of perception. By using mathematics, the reduction of dimension and the interdependencies among latent constructs is analysed. It was found that a suitable model is possible, reducing about half (62 questions) into seven factors. Then, by using the regression coefficients a structural equation model, the structure of the model was given an interpretation. Additionally, by using factor score estimation procedures, a better numerical interpretation was given to the seven factors. Item response theory was used for presenting an in-depth analysis for each item loading onto the latent factors. Then, by using the result from the latter theory, a vastly improved structural model was successfully constructed. In parallel, a software package was developed in order to improve the usability of the standard software used for these mathematical techniques

Item Type:	Thesis (Bachelor's Thesis)
Supervisor name:	Krijnen, W.P. and Grzegorczyk, M.A.
Degree programme:	Mathematics
Thesis type:	Bachelor's Thesis
Language:	English
Date Deposited:	24 Jul 2020 14:33
Last Modified:	24 Jul 2020 14:33
URI:	https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/22720

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