The Arizona Chapter concluded its academic year of activities by supplying judges for the ASA’s Data Visualization Poster Competition for K–12 students. Hosted by Jennifer Broatch at Arizona State University West Campus, the final national round of judging included 134 posters submitted from the regional competitions. The judges came from both ASU faculty and statistics students, as well as local industry—18 altogether, including coordinator and chapter president Rodney Jee.
The event not only served to determine the national winners for this annual competition, but also provided an opportunity for students, professors, and industry professionals to exchange views about graphics and statistical ideas.
Using a recently revised rubric to award the posters on their application of data visualization, the judges often found posters with impressive work (occasionally beyond the AP curriculum) and/or amusing subjects.
Judging for the nationals rotates throughout the ASA’s chapters. It is very much an “event in a box,” since the regional competitions mail the posters to the national judging site and about a dozen chapter members spend a full day judging before communicating the results to the ASA. The ASA provides the awards to the national winners, coordinates the regional sites with the national judging coordinator, and supports a lunch for the judges.
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