JUDGING
Entries will be judged on the basis of:
Overall impact of the display
Clarity of the message
Appropriateness of the graphics for the data
Judges will be teachers of statistics and statisticians. Their decisions are final. Entries cannot be returned.
ELIGIBILITY:
All students in K-12 public or private schools in the greater Cleveland are eligible.
RULES:
PERMISSIONS
By submitting a poster, students must agree that all rights to their poster, including all copyrights, are assigned to and become the property of the American Statistical Association and shall be considered "work for hire" under the copyright act.
CATEGORIES and PRIZES
There are four categories: grades K-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12. At least $100 in prizes is available for each category.
ENTRY FEE and MAILING
There is no entry fee. Each poster submitted to the local competition will be entered in the national competition provided the application form for the national competition is submitted. Note that appropriate signatures must be completed on both entry forms. Each entry must include:
Multiple entries may be mailed together. The best way to send them is flat between taped sheets of cardboard.
Mail to: Jerry L. Moreno Department of Mathematics and Computer Science John Carroll University University Heights, OH 44118
DEADLINE
Entries must be received by March 20, 2008. Local winners will be chosen by May 1, 2008. National winners will be announced by June 1, 2008.
CONTACT INFO
For application forms or further information, contact Jerry Moreno, director of the local competition, at 216-397-4681, fax 216-397-3033, or moreno@jcu.edu. Members of the Cleveland Chapter are also available to speak to your classes about this competition.
REFERENCES
Center for Statistical Education, ASA. Student Poster Projects: Winners of the 1991-1992 ASA Competition, Dale Seymour Publications.
Cleveland, W.S. (1985). The Elements of Graphing Data, Monterey, CA: Wadsworth Advanced Books and Software.
Curcio, F.R. (1989). Developing Graph Comprehension: Elementary and Middle School Activities, The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Landwehr, J.M. and Watkins, A.E. (1993, revised). Exploring Data, Palo Alto, CA: Dale Seymour Publications.
Tufte, E.R. (1983). The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press.
Wainer, H. (May, 1984). "How to Display Data Badly," American Statistician, 38 no. 2: 137-147.
Wainer, H. and Thissen, D. (Winter, 1988). "Plotting in the Modern World: Statistics Packages and Good Graphics," Chance, 1 no, 1: 10-20.
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