Announcing the SPA Poster Competition
The Scientific and Public Affairs (SPA) Committee invites all 2011 JSM poster authors to compete for a policy applications prize in its second semiannual Statistical Significance competition. A $200 prize will be awarded to the author of the JSM poster that includes a Statistical Significance piece describing the best contribution of statistics to society. (Participation is only available to poster authors who submit their poster abstract to the ASA by February 1.)
What constitutes a Statistical Significance piece? Statistical Significance is a short, one-page illustration of the value of statistics to society. The objective is to illustrate to a lay person how statistics has helped our society in a specific area (e.g., health, agriculture, economy, education, manufacturing, medicine, etc.). The most effective Statistical Significance pieces are easy to develop, simple in exposition, enlightening, and fun to read.
The contest requires the poster’s subject matter to be included in the Statistical Significance piece and the Statistical Significance piece to accompany the poster presentation at JSM. Poster authors will prepare their posters as they normally would, but add a Statistical Significance piece to them.
A panel of judges appointed by the SPA committee will review the Statistical Significance pieces at JSM and determine a winner on the morning of August 3. The winner will be notified immediately thereafter.
To enter, email your intention to compete and abstract number to SPA member Dan McCaffrey at danielm@rand.org when you submit your abstract. Feel free to contact McCaffrey if you have any questions.
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