The
YSU MathFest Statistical
Poster Competition encourages the High School students of North-Eastern Ohio
to discover the usefulness of displaying data in creative ways. The purpose of
the poster is to visually tell a statistical story and to illustrate conclusions
that can be drawn from data.
Categories and prizes
Entries may be submitted by
individuals or teams of students in grades 10-12. Cash
prizes will be awarded to first, second, and third place
winners.
Permissions
In submitting a poster
entry, students agree that the poster may be displayed
at various conferences, publications, promotional
materials, and in electronic format on the Internet by
YSU and the American Statistical Association.
Entries cannot be
returned. All entries become property of YSU. The
University reserves the right to publish any of the
entries submitted, with credit given to the authors.
If the poster is submitted to ASA, students agree
that the poster may be displayed at the ASA’s Joint
Statistical Meetings, featured in its publications, and
included on its web site at
www.amstat.org.
How to Enter
- There is no entry fee.
- Attendance at MathFest is not
mandatory to submit an entry.
- A separate
Entry Application must accompany each poster.
- Multiple entries may be mailed
together.
- The best way to send the
poster is flat between taped sheets of cardboard.
Please mail (or hand deliver) the entry application and poster to:
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Statistical Poster Competition
YSU MathFest
Dept.
Mathematics & Statistics
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH 44555
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Postmark Deadline:
November 9, 2006.
For More
Information Please Contact: G. Jay Kerns,
YSU, Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics, Youngstown, OH,
44555;
email:
gkerns@ysu.edu; phone: (330)
941-3310.
Winners will be announced at the MathFest meeting.
All entries become the property of YSU and cannot be returned.
The attached entry form may be reproduced. A separate entry form must accompany
each poster.
Entry Rules and Evaluation Methods
Rules:
- Posters will measure
between 18 and 24 inches high and 24 and 30 inches wide (no larger).
- Any weight of paper is
permitted.
- The best way to send the
poster is flat, between taped sheets of cardboard. Please know that between
200 and 400 posters are entered, so send posters using a method that lends
itself to easy opening with a razor (this will help keep the poster from
being damaged during opening). No extra papers, no "peanuts" or other
non-Earth friendly packing materials.
- Be sure posters are not
wrapped so securely that opening becomes a challenge. Do not use duct tape
or large amounts of tape.
- Any layers of paper on
posters must be affixed securely.
- Posters must be the
original design and creation of the entrant(s).
- Computer graphics may be
used.
- Subject matter is the
choice of the participant(s) or their classmates.
- An example of the
original data and brief descriptions of the method of collection and purpose
of the experiment must be taped securely to the back of the poster. (Cite
references for published data.)
- Place the entry form
in an 8.5 x 11 plastic envelope and clip it to the front of the poster.
- Be sure the poster gives
no information that identifies the team or school. A separate entry form
must accompany each poster.
- In submitting a poster,
students agree that the poster may be displayed at YSU, the YSU MathFest
website, the ASA's Joint Statistical Meetings, featured in its publications,
and included on its web site at
www.amstat.org.
- All entries become
the property of YSU and cannot be returned.
- For the national
competition, only first-, second-, third-place, and honorable mention
winners will be notified personally. The ASA web site will announce winners
in August.
- Students may work
individually or in teams. The maximum number of students per team is four.
- For the national
competition, Social Security Numbers will need to be supplied by winners, so
have them available.
(For more information, read
What is a Statistical Poster.)
Evaluation:
Teachers and statisticians, whose decisions are final, will judge the posters
for:
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Overall impact
of the display for eye-catching appeal and visual attractiveness; for its
ability to draw in the viewer to investigate the individual graphs (More
than one graph is required.)
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Clarity
of the message's
demonstration of important relationships and patterns, obvious conclusions,
and ability to stand alone, even without the explanatory paragraph on the
back.
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Appropriateness
of the graphics for the data.
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Creativity.
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