The American Statistical Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Poster Competition and Project Competition. First-place winners received $200, a plaque, a plaque for their school, and grade-appropriate graphing calculators for the students and advisors provided by Texas Instruments. Second-place winners received $100 and a plaque; third-place winners received $50 and a plaque; and honorable mentions received a plaque.

The poster and project competitions are directed by the ASA/NCTM Joint Committee on Curriculum in Statistics and Probability. Tim Jacobbe, Douglas Whitaker, Catherine Case, and Steven Foti—all from the University of Florida—served as co-leaders of the poster competition, while Daren Starnes of the Lawrenceville School served as head project competition leader and Nathan Kidwell of Dubuque Senior High School served as associate project competition leader. K–12 posters are due every year on April 1. Projects (written reports) for grades 7–12 are due every year on June 1. Visit the ASA website for information, including previous winners, entry forms, instructional webinars, and a rubric of how the posters and projects are judged.

2014 National Project Competition Winners

Each year, the Statistics Project Competition attracts a variety of submissions in which students from grades 7–12 conduct creative studies. The submission deadline for the project competition is June 1 to enable participation from high-school students who may have been preparing for the AP Statistics exam administered in mid-May. This deadline also makes it possible for teachers who might otherwise be busy at the AP reading to assist with the competition judging. The statistical project competition was especially useful for these students because it provided them with opportunities to apply all the statistical skills they had acquired throughout the school year to solve real-world problems of interest to them. Results of the project competition and a list of judges can be found in the sidebar to the left.

2014 National Poster Competition Winners

Grades K–3

FIRST PLACE
Isaac Wai-Yun Cheng
Worst Weather?
Cheng Homeschool
Nashville, TN

SECOND PLACE
Joseph McClelland
Time Out!
Ada Vista Elementary
Ada, MI

THIRD PLACE
Sebastian Masterson
The Force of Weather on an Angry Bird’s Flight
Westmont Elementary School
Johnstown, PA

HONORABLE MENTION
Dilara Anne Godfrey
Books Galore
JM Hill Elementary
East Stroudsburg, PA

Aaron Wai-Chi Cheng
Throwing a Football
Cheng Homeschool
Nashville, TN

Lee Rosenberger
Boo! What Scares You?
East Pike Elementary School
Indiana, PA

Grades 4–6

FIRST PLACE
Anthony Aronson, Gino Bartolini, and Brooke Shirley
It’s in the Bag
Saltsburg Elementary School
Saltsburg, PA

SECOND PLACE
Miranda Guthrie and Michael Shirley
Read It Right?
Saltsburg Elementary School
Saltsburg, PA

THIRD PLACE
Cameron Albert
The Carrot Trick
Ben Franklin Elementary School
Indiana, PA

HONORABLE MENTION
Ashley Jocham and Jamie Blair
No Bones About It
Southwest Elementary School
Lebanon, PA

Timmy Allshouse, Angelo Bartolini, Raychel Cass, and Madison Prenni
Dactylodata
Saltsburg Elementary School
Saltsburg, PA

Grades 7–9

FIRST PLACE
Ian McCue
Pull Over and Stop—Emergency Vehicle Accidents and Siren Effectiveness
McCue Home School
Las Vegas, NV

SECOND PLACE
Anik Patel
Need for Speed
Hyde Park Middle School
Las Vegas, NV

THIRD PLACE
Julius Meier
Does Temperature Affect the Strength of a Magnet?
The Campus School of Carlow University
Pittsburgh, PA

Grades 10–12

FIRST PLACE
Nazhath Sulthana and Sadie Wallner
Is This for a Grade?
Joplin High School
Joplin, MO

SECOND PLACE (Outside view, left; Inside view, right)
Theresa Doan, Megan Hollingsworth, and Betsy Slagel
Hungry for Some Information?
Fox Chapel Area High School
Pittsburgh, PA

THIRD PLACE
Annie Lee
Does Time of Day Affect Flexibility?
Saline High School
Saline, MI

HONORABLE MENTION
Michelle Wong
Racial Profiling: Analyzing Racial Discrepancies in Traffic Stop Likelihoods and Practices
Classical Academy High School
Escondido, CA

Brendon Trybus
Are Spinal Fractures More Common in Older Patients?
Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School
Altoona, PA

Josie Kaderly and Isabella Hagen
Social Media
Lamar High School
Lamar, MO

2014 Regional Poster Competition Leaders

• Connecticut Chapter Statistical Poster Competition
  Marianne E. Messina, Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Kansas/Missouri Statistics Poster Contest
  Ananda Jayawardhana, Pittsburg State University
• Michigan Statistics Poster Competition
  Dan Frobish, Grand Valley State University
• Nevada K–12 Statistics Poster Competition
  David Thiel, Thrivent Financial
• Ohio Statistics Poster Competition
  Linda Quinn, Cleveland State University
  Jerry Moreno, John Carroll University
• Pennsylvania Statistics Poster Competition
  Pete Skoner, Saint Francis University
• Pullman, Washington Statistics Poster Competition
  Dean Johnson, Washington State University
  dean_johnson@wsu.edu
• Washington Statistical Society Poster Competition (DC Metro Area)
  Barnali Das, Westat
• ASA National Poster Competition
  Tim Jacobbe, University of Florida
  Douglas Whitaker, University of Florida
  Catherine Case, University of Florida
  Steven Foti, University of Florida

Students outside the regional competition areas submit their posters directly to the ASA office, which are then separately judged by the Washington Statistical Society as part of the Other Region category. The best posters from each region are sent to the national judging. Information about regional poster competitions and winners is available on the individual regional poster competition websites.

Get Involved

For information about how you can start a regional poster competition or mentor students in your area, see the July 2011 Amstat News article. You also can download a flyer about the ASA poster and project competitions and other K–12 statistics education programs and resources at the bottom of the ASA’s education page. For additional information, contact ASA Director of Education Rebecca Nichols at rebecca@amstat.org.