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Bollywood Movie Data Analysis: Descriptive Statistics in Excel

Dataset Overview: Bollywood Movies (Budget, Box Office & YouTube Data)

The analysis uses a Bollywood movie dataset with both nominal (release date, season, genre) and ratio scale variables (budget, box office collection, YouTube views, likes, dislikes). The ratio-scale columns are the focus for numerical statistics.

Measures of Central Tendency

Calculated for ratio-scale variables (budget, box office, YouTube metrics).

Mean (Average)

  • Function: AVERAGE(range)
  • Results:
    • Budget: 29.44 crores
    • Box Office Collection: 55.66 crores

For a foundational review of these functions, see our guide on Mastering Descriptive Statistics in Excel: A Step-by-Step Guide.

Median

  • Function: MEDIAN(range)
  • Key insights:
    • Budget median: 21 crores (50% of movies have budget ≤ 21 crores)
    • Box Office median: 28 crores (50% of movies collect ≤ 28 crores)

Mode

  • Function: MODE(range)
  • Observations:
    • Budget mode: 10 crores (most common budget)
    • Box Office mode: 40 crores
    • For YouTube Likes/Dislikes: mode is #N/A (each value appears only once) or value = 1 (if duplicates exist)
  • Nominal data: Mode can also find the most frequent season or genre (requires dummy coding first)

Measures of Variation

Range

  • Formula: Max − Min
  • Functions: MAX(range) or QUARTILE(range,4) for max; MIN(range) or QUARTILE(range,0) for min
  • Examples:
    • Budget range: 148 (max 150, min 2)
    • Box Office range: 734.99

Variance & Standard Deviation

  • Population Variance (VAR.P): 792.08 (budget)
  • Sample Variance (VAR.S): 797.38 (budget), slightly higher to correct bias (divides by n−1 instead of n)
  • Population Std Dev (STDEV.P): 28.14 (budget)
  • Sample Std Dev (STDEV.S): Slightly larger than population version

Learn more about these calculations in our comprehensive tutorial on How to Calculate Mean, Standard Deviation, and Create Charts in Excel.

Percentiles & Quartiles

  • Percentile function: PERCENTILE(array, k) where k is 0.1 for 10th, 0.9 for 90th, etc.
  • Quartile function: QUARTILE(array, quart) where quart = 1 (25%), 2 (50% = median), 3 (75%)
  • Budget insights:
    • 10th percentile: 5 crores
    • 90th percentile: 62 crores
    • Q1 (25%): 11 crores
    • Q2 (median, 50%): 21 crores
    • Q3 (75%): 35 crores
  • Box Office insights:
    • 10th percentile: 2 crores
    • 90th percentile: 121 crores
    • Q1: 8.78 crores
    • Q2: 28 crores
    • Q3: 57.45 crores

Measures of Shape

Skewness (Tail Length)

  • Function: SKEW(range)
  • Interpretation:
    • Positive (>0): Right-skewed (long tail on the right)
    • Negative (<0): Left-skewed
    • Zero: Symmetric (normal-like)
  • All variables in this dataset: Positive skewness (e.g., Budget skewness = 2.05) → distribution has a long right tail

Kurtosis (Tail Thickness / Peak Sharpness)

  • Function: KURT(range), returns excess kurtosis (compared to normal distribution, which has kurtosis = 3)
  • Interpretation:
    • Positive excess (>0): Sharper peak, thicker tails than normal (leptokurtic)
    • Negative excess (<0): Flatter peak, thinner tails (platykurtic)
  • All variables: Excess kurtosis > 0 (e.g., Budget kurtosis = 4.6) → distributions are steeper and more peaked than a normal distribution

For a deeper statistical interpretation of shape measures like skewness and kurtosis with hypothesis testing, see our example Estimating Mean and Testing Normality of Family Movie Running Times.

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