Transactions on Data Analysis in Social Science

Transactions on Data Analysis in Social Science

A Practical Examination of a Novel Statistical Approach for Anticipating Musicians’ Performance

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
B. Minaei
H. Mohamadali
Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
10.47176/TDASS/2020.10
Abstract
Great musicians have long offered a wealth of suggestions on how to manage and make it easier to face the challenging circumstances of significant concerts. These suggestions might be a subset of self-management, stress management, etc., to regulate irrational feelings throughout the performance. While musicians frequently employ a variety of ways to manage the intensity of difficult situations during performances, there is still a need for an effective plan to manage the unfavorable effects of emotions or stress. Therefore, the connection between a musician's life cycle and performance must be discovered. This work examines the relationship between performance quality and biorhythm by doing a more thorough examination of the subject, introducing major biorhythms, and assessing the relationship. This relationship has been assessed using a discriminant analysis (DFA). There haven't yet been any research that compare the relationship between biorhythm and musical performance quality. But several academics have conducted studies to determine the relationship between biorhythms and various events, including accidents and other occurrences. Its outcomes have been divided into two categories. Some people have rejected the link between events and biorhythm, while others have embraced it and found significance in it. To the second category this study belongs.
Keywords
Biorhythm
Life Cycles
Musicianship
Performance
Discriminant Analysis
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Transactions on Data Analysis in Social Science
Volume 2, Issue 1
2020
Pages 10-22

  • Receive Date 17 October 2019
  • Revise Date 14 December 2019
  • Accept Date 24 February 2020