print email comment close Tuck Professor Uses Statistical Formula to Predict the Academy Award for Best Picture URL: http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/news/releases/pr20050225_oscars.html Description: This February 2005 news release (with a link to the full report) describes how a "professor of international economics at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth used a combination of history and statistics to forecast who will receive the highest honor in filmmaking." The "formula relies on three variables: a film's total Oscar nominations, number of Golden Globes won, and whether or not it's a comedy." From the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Author: Keating, Kim Publisher: The Trustees of Dartmouth College Extra Keywords Andrew Bernard Library of Congress Subject Headings: Academy Awards (Motion pictures) Motion pictures -- Awards -- Forecasting LII Database Information: Record 20023 created by Maria Brandt on 12/12/2005 Last modification on 02/20/2008 Published: 12/15/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20023