“It is such a wonderful opportunity for our students to engage with relevant data and meaningful problems. Additionally, the students who attended JSM last year for the competition had a wonderful time and learned a great deal about the wonderful, comprehensive world of statistics.”
~ Jordan Radu, Assistant Professor of Statistics, University of Virginia
~ Jordan Radu, Assistant Professor of Statistics, University of Virginia
The ASA Computing, Government, and Graphics sections are sponsoring the Data Challenge Expo 2019 at JSM in Denver. The data set for the challenge was the New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey, which contestants used with the option to combine other data sources in their analysis.
- Sixteen Data Challenge contestants will present their results in five-minute oral speed presentations on Sunday, July 28, at 2:00 p.m..
- Attendees and judges will then have a chance to chat one-on-one with the contestants during the e-poster session at 4:00 p.m.
- Winners will be recognized at the Government Statistics Section Business Meeting and Mixer Tuesday, July 30, at 5:30 p.m.
Data used for the challenge is available.
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