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ASA 2019 Statistics Poster and Project Awards Winners

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The American Statistical Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 ASA Data Visualization Poster Competition and Statistics Project Competition.

GET INVOLVED
For information about how you can start a regional poster competition or mentor students in your area, see the article appearing in the July 2011 issue of Amstat News.
You can download a flier about the ASA poster and project competitions and other K–12 statistics education programs and resources to share with your local schools from the ASA website.
For additional information or questions regarding how to get involved in the poster or project competitions, contact ASA Director of Education Rebecca Nichols.

First-place winners received $300, a plaque, a plaque for their school, and grade-appropriate graphing calculators for the students and advisers provided by Texas Instruments. Second-place winners received $200 and a plaque; third-place winners received $100 and a plaque; and honorable mentions received plaques.

The poster and project competitions are directed by the ASA/NCTM Joint Committee on Curriculum in Statistics and Probability. The 2019 ASA Data Visualization Poster Competition leader is Jennifer Broatch (Arizona State University). Nathan Kidwell (Oaxaca Christian School in Oaxaca, Mexico) is serving as the head project competition leader, and Lynn Kidwell is serving as the associate project competition leader (Instituto Lingüístico de Verano in Oaxaca, Mexico).

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 competitions web page for information—including previous winners, entry forms, instructional webinars, and the rubrics used for judging the posters and projects.

2019 Regional Poster Competition Leaders

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. 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.

Connecticut Chapter Statistical Poster Competition
Zhou Fan, Yale University

Kansas/Western Missouri Statistics Poster Contest
Ananda Jayawardhana, Pittsburg State University

Michigan Statistics Poster Competition
Dan Adrian, Grand Valley State University

Nevada K–12 Statistics Poster Competition
Tia Price, Durango High School

Ohio Statistics Poster Competition
Jerry Moreno, John Carroll University

Pennsylvania Statistics Poster Competition
Pete Skoner, Saint Francis University

Pullman, Washington Statistics Poster Competition
Dean Johnson, Washington State University

Washington Statistical Society Poster Competition (DC Metro Area)
Elizabeth Petraglia, Westat

ASA National Poster Competition
Leader: Jennifer Broatch, Arizona State University
Contact: Rebecca Nichols, ASA Director of Education

Poster Competition Winners

Grades K–3

FIRST PLACE

Mrs. Spicuzza’s Third-Grade Class
“What Is the Value of Your Name?”
Timmons Elementary School
Chagrin Falls, Ohio

SECOND PLACE

Michaela Hansen
“Vehicles on My Block”
Chansen Academy
Carson City, Nevada

THIRD PLACE

Zander Bogust & Maxwell Lloyd
“Float Time”
Jacksonwald Elementary School
Reading, Pennsylvania

HONORABLE MENTION

George Lowry
“Coin-O-Rama”
The Meadows School – Lower School
Las Vegas, Nevada

HONORABLE MENTION

Zachariah Amador Ramos
“Children’s Fears”
St. Mary School
Elyria, Ohio

Grades 4–6

FIRST PLACE

Paavani Tewari
“How Does My Body Temperature Vary?”
Uriah H. Lawton Elementary School
Ann Arbor, Michigan

SECOND PLACE

Michelle Harrow, Rebecca Harrow, Bryn Gordon, and Hayden Makuch
“Do People Eat as Healthy as They Think?”
Hawken School
Gates Mills, Ohio

THIRD PLACE

Xander Sehgal
“Are You Wearing a Helmet?”
Basis PCS
Washington, DC

HONORABLE MENTION

Calvin Hoffman
“Cup of Joe or No, No, No!”
Rydal Elementary School
Huntington Valley, Pennsylvania

Grades 7–9

FIRST PLACE

Gabriela Montero
“Shopping Online”
Hawken School
Gates Mills, Ohio

SECOND PLACE

Milena Fernsle
“How Do You Oreo?”
Hawken School
Gates Mills, Ohio

THIRD PLACE

Nandini Bhattaram
“Soda Consumption: A Survey Among Middle-Schoolers”
Mayfield Woods Middle School
Columbia, Maryland

HONORABLE MENTION

Rachel Snyder
“Video Violence”
Greater Latrobe Junior High School
Latrobe, Pennsylvania

HONORABLE MENTION

Darena Nguyen
“College Conclusions”
Hyde Park Middle School
Las Vegas, Nevada

Grades 10–12

FIRST PLACE

Susan Lee
“Impacts of Formal Sex Education on STI/STDs and Adolescent Pregnancy”
Phillips Academy
Andover, Massachusetts

SECOND PLACE

Cecelia Tompkins and Margaret Grant
“Is Political Party Inherited?”
St. Joseph Academy
Cleveland, Ohio

THIRD PLACE

Abigail Bar, Kelley Gifford, and Amealia Maynard
“The Possible Factors for Increasing Future Success”
Edwin O. Smith High School
Storrs, Connecticut

Project Competition Winners

Each year the statistical project competition attracts a wide variety of submissions in which students from different 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 mid-May. This deadline makes it possible for teachers to assist who might otherwise be busy at the AP Reading to assist with the competition judging. The statistical project competition is 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.

Grades 7–12

FIRST PLACE
Logan Sepesi
Does Name Brand Make a Difference in OTC Pain Medications? Saline High School
Saline, Michigan

SECOND PLACE
Isha Agrawal and Margot Neligan
The Effect of Branding on Food Preference Charlotte Latin School
Charlotte, North Carolina

THIRD PLACE
Katie Liu
Do Wealthier High Schools Have More Sport Teams? Wayzata High School
Maple Grove, Minnesota

HONORABLE MENTION
Lauryn Hoover and Matthew Sporman
How the Presence of Pedestrians Influences Vehicle Behavior Grand Blanc Community High School
Grand Blanc, Michigan

2010 National Project Competition Judges
Nathan Kidwell (Oaxaca Christian School in Oaxaca, Mexico) and Lynn Kidwell (Instituto Lingüístico de Verano in Oaxaca, Mexico) directed the project competition. We appreciate the work of the following project competition judges.

JUDGES

Fola Michael Ayokanmbi
Patricia Bahnsen
Kyle Barriger
Robert Boone
James Bush
Ruth Carver
Qianshun Cheng
Siddhi Desai
Michael Drake
Lacey Echols
Kathie Emerson
Tom Faulkenberry
David Gurney
Alexandria Guzman
Scott Hagin
Megan Heyman
Carla Hill
Amanda Holton
Denise Hum
Monica Hyjek
Karen Jackson
Leigh Johnson
Grazyna Kamburowslka
Lynn Kidwell
Jessica Kohlschmidt
Brianna Kurtz
Jenny Langdon
Michelle Larson
Shinemin Lin
Anne Lipp-Read
Yixia Lu
Bridget Matamoros
Dione Maxwell
Cheryl McKeeman
Jeff McLean
Vicki McMillian
Jack Mika
Sally Miller

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