The American Statistical Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 ASA Data Visualization Poster and Statistics Project competitions. First-place winners received $300, a certificate, and grade-appropriate graphing calculators provided by Texas Instruments. Second-place winners received $200 and a certificate, third-place winners received $100 and a certificate, and honorable mentions received certificates.
The poster and project competitions are directed by the ASA/National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Joint Committee on Curriculum in Statistics and Probability. The 2025 ASA Data Visualization Poster Competition leader is Jennifer Broatch of Arizona State University. Dione Maxwell of Loganville High School is serving as the head project competition leader.
Posters are due every year on April 1 and are submitted digitally as photos of physical posters or as digitally created posters. Projects (written reports) for grades 7–12 are due every year on June 1.
Visit the poster competition webpage or the project competition webpage for entry forms, instructional webinars, the rubrics used for judging the posters and projects, and information about previous winners.
2025 National 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. 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.
First Place
Kim Cao
Mung Bean Boost: A Pressure Experiment
Paul Duke STEM High School
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Judges’ Comments: This is an interesting and unique topic. The project presents a well-constructed two-sample t-test for a difference in average mung bean weight using a pressure-assisted technique. The judges were pleased with this well-designed experiment which includes clear randomization and a strong statistical analysis, yet they would have also liked to see descriptive data analysis included. The project utilizes effective and relevant tables and graphs, as well as a thoughtful discussion of limitations and generalizability.
Second Place
Sanay Agarkar, Lucas Han, Aadi Jariwala, and Daniel Cho
Don’t Mind the Music … Or Should We?
Canyon Crest Academy
San Diego, California
Judges’ Comments: This one-way omnibus ANOVA examines the effect three types of background music may have on a working memory task. Judges were impressed with the statistical analyses performed and felt the statistical methodology indicates a very thorough understanding by the student(s). The judges would have preferred the alternative hypothesis to be written in a more general statement and would like to have some descriptive analysis of the boxplots included in the report. The project included an insightful reflection, and judges applauded the practical significance and implementation of results for students.
Third Place
Jenna Huang, Harini Iyer, Isabel Lai, and Eire Chen
Is That Straw-Bacteria I See?
Canyon Crest Academy
San Diego, California
Judges’ Comments: This project investigates whether washing methods affect the mean concentration of bacteria in strawberries. Judges commended the thorough application of multiple analyses, the careful documentation of the process of data collection, and the visual appeal of this project. Judges were also impressed with a very nice inclusion of Cohen’s d. A couple of points of concern was stating the condition for independence was met while the studied items came from the same supplier, and no hypotheses were stated for the post-hoc analyses. Judges would have also liked to see a descriptive statistical analysis to accompany the graph and tables. Overall, the project showed a great effort of exploring concepts beyond AP Statistics.
Honorable Mention
Smaran Malakapalli
Reinforcing the Future
The Overlake School
Redmond, Washington
Judges’ Comments: This project examines properties of concrete and the performance scores of concrete blocks made from two different mixtures of cement. This study implemented a straight-forward t-test for a difference in means. Judges were impressed with the level of understanding and extensive background knowledge of the properties of concrete. Judges expressed reservations, however, regarding data displays being on different scales and the lack of descriptive analysis to accompany those displays. The judges wished for a more robust case that addressed price and large-scale production concerns, and felt that the reflection was a bit weak. Collectively, this project was unique and addressed an applicable topic.
2025 National ASA Data Visualization Poster Competition Winners
Grades K–3
First Place
Herui Wang
Screen Time Fun: Are Your Eyes Happy Too?
Mansfield Elementary School
Mansfield Center, Connecticut
Second Place
Audrey Sophia Young
Happy or Sad? What Makes Kids Happy?
Mansfield Elementary School
Mansfield Center, Connecticut
Third Place
Alyanna Cumings
Oh, Lolli-Lolli-Lollipop
Ada Vista Elementary School
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Honorable Mention
Shutong Yang
What Can We Know About Friendships in First Grade?
Mansfield Elementary School
Mansfield Center, Connecticut
Grades 4–6
First Place
Alyssa Choi
Knowing More, Demanding More?
McKamy Middle School
Flower Mound, Texas
Second Place
Neel Sood
Chorus Members’ Song Choice for Spring Concert: Boys Versus Girls
Hillside Intermediate School
Bridgewater, New Jersey
Third Place
Eileen Lee and Aragorn Ahn
AI in Action: What Students Think About AI
West Woods Upper Elementary School
Farmington, Connecticut
Grades 7–9
First Place
Sophia Wong
COVID-19, RSV, and Influenza in Connecticut
Amity Middle School – Orange
Orange, Connecticut
Second Place
Srinithi Rajan
Mapping Wealth to Wellness
Notre Dame High School San Jose
Santa Clara, California
Third Place
Jayden Ho
What Matters Most to Middle Schoolers?
Northern Hills Middle School
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Honorable Mention
Erik Wahus
Breathing Room: Free Time Among Middle Schoolers
Abington Middle School
Abington, Pennsylvania
Honorable Mention
Jayne Draper
Social Media vs. Us
Abington Middle School
Abington, Pennsylvania
Grades 10–12
First Place
Taylor Cho and Lynn Kim
The Home Advantage Myth: Major League Sports
Los Osos High School and Rancho Cucamonga High School
Rancho Cucamonga, California
Second Place
Ethan Gao
What Makes a Soccer Player Valuable?
River Hill High School
Clarksville, MD
Third Place
Liliana Yi
Echoes Through Time
Cary Academy
Cary, North Carolina
Honorable Mention
Seyoung Park
Predictive Modeling of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Socioeconomic, Prenatal, and Environmental Influences
The Webb Schools
Claremont, California
Honorable Mention
Lorry Nam and Alyssa Wang
Higher Education R&D Visualization
Diamond Bar High School
Diamond Bar, California
2025 National Project Competition Judges
Dione Maxwell of Loganville High School is serving as the head project competition leader. The following are the project competition judges:
Fakhare Alam
Lynda Aouar
Jocelyne Arnott
Phillip Awodutire
Patricia Bahnsen
Rosalie Balsells
Stacey Behrensmeyer
Utpal Bhattacharya
Amy Bigelow
Tricia Bourgeault
Jen Cincotta
David Corliss
Annan Deng
Robin Dobashi
Ruofei Du
Thomas Duong
Divine Ediebah
Solomon Eshun
Yvette Feng
Leatham Forrester
Emanuela Furfaro
Ulrike Genschel
Abdel-Salam Gomaa
Beth Grasel
Shilpa Gupta
David Gurney
Maggie Ha
Anna Hammer
Nelum Hapuhinna
Beth Hill
Carla Hill
Marylesa Howard
Mingzhao Hu
Ping-Han Huang
Fred Hulting
Kara Ingram
Manisha Jaiswal
Ravi Jaiswal
Leigh Johnson
Mikel Jones
Grazyna Kamburowska
Laura Kaplan
Sumedh Kau
Caleb King
Julia Kirkpatrick
Akshata Kishore Moharir
Meric Kocer
Jessica Kohlschmidt
Debbi Kotlovker
Brianna Kurtz
Joyce Kwan
Jennifer Langdon
Michelle Larson
Sunny Le
Krista Li
Wen Li
Yumeng Li
Yixia Lu
Michael Lucci
Changzhi Ma
Evidence Matangi
Cheryl McKeeman
Jennifer Michaelis
Julie Miller
Sally Miller
Jeremy Min
Sinjini Mitra
Leigh Nataro
Elizabeth Niese
Obinna Nweke
Regis O’Connor
Miriam Ong Ante
Rosanna Overholser
Susan Owens
Ioanna Papatsouma
Joshua Patrick
Mina Peyton
Dharmateja Priyadarshi Uddandarao
Marie Puskas
Azizur Rahman
Sriram Ramachandran
Andrea Re
Nubaira Rizvi
Jamie Roberman
Louis Rocconi
Rich Ross
Julie Roy
Joel Sanqui
Mohammed Shayib
Adam Shrager
Julie Skokan
Julia Soulakova
Kimberly Stanke
Sharon Sterken
Nidhi Tandon
Alison Turner
Anna Valeva
Adolphus Wagala
Adam Waterbury
Marti Wayland
Christine Wells
Felicia Wider Lewis
Mervin Woodlin Jr
Hou-Cheng Yang
Hyeri Yoo
Amanda Young
Donna Young
Cong Zhang
Zhiwei Zhang
Susan Zielinski
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 move on 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 and Leying Guan, Yale University
Kansas/Western Missouri Statistics Poster Contest
Ananda Jayawardhana, Pittsburg State University
Michigan Statistics Poster Competition
Dan Adrian, Grand Valley State University
Minnesota Regional Data Visualization Poster Competition
Tianxi Li, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Nevada K–12 Statistics Poster Competition
Cheryl Hightower, Imgen Research Group and Touro University Nevada, and Alicia Hansen, Public Knowledge LLC
Ohio Data Visualization Poster Competition
Jerry Moreno, John Carroll University
Pennsylvania Statistics Poster Competition
Norbert Youmbi, Saint Francis University
Southern California Statistics Data Visualization Poster Competition
Rebecca Le, County of Riverside and California State University, Long Beach
Washington State Statistics Poster Competition (K–12)
Dean Johnson, Washington State University
Washington Statistical Society Data Visualization Poster Competition (DC Metro Area)
Sabrina Zhang, Westat
ASA National Data Visualization Poster Competition
Jennifer Broatch, Leader, Arizona State University
Rebecca Nichols, ASA K–16 Education Coordinator
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