What makes a song likeable?

Authors

Emily J. Longmire, University of Central FloridaFollow

Streaming Media

Files

Course Code

STA

Course Number

4164

Faculty/Instructor

Professor Nathaniel Simone

Faculty/Instructor Email

nathaniel.simone@ucf.edu

About the Author

Hi my name is Emily Longmire, I'm a second-year data science major here at UCF.

Abstract, Summary, or Creative Statement

The purpose of this project was to demonstrate the skills I learned in my research intensive course, Statistical Methods III. The goal of this project was to find out what aspects of a song can be used to predict the number of streams, and which aspects are most significant. To do this I used data from the Spotify API, and used R to clean and transform the data, as well as build a model. Through this course and project I learned the full process of statistical model building, how to interpret output from R, and how to communicate my findings to others in an understandable way.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords

Music; Songs; Spotify; Statistics

Recommended Citation

Longmire, Emily J., "What makes a song likeable?" (2025). High Impact Practices Student Showcase Spring 2025. 6.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/hip-2025spring/6