The American Statistical Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2010 poster and project competitions. First-place winners received $200, a plaque, a plaque for their school, and graphing calculators from Texas Instruments. Second-place winners received $100 and a plaque; third-place winners received $50 and a plaque; and honorable mentions received certificates.
The competitions are directed by the ASA/NCTM Joint Committee on Curriculum in Statistics and Probability. Information about the competitions—including entry forms, instructional webinars, and a rubric of how the posters and projects are judged—is available on the ASA Education website via the K–12 link.
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Section Sponsors Awards and Workshop
The Statistics and the Environment Section of the ASA invites members to their annual open business meeting and mixer as well as their sponsored sessions during JSM.
Four Chosen as USPROC Winners
Four winning and four honorable mention projects were selected for the 2009 Undergraduate Statistics Project Competition, sponsored by the Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education.
The Gertrude Cox 5k Race Winners
Michelle Quinlan was this year’s Gertrude Cox 5k fun run women’s winner, with a time of 20:41:00. The men’s winner was Joel O’Hair, with a time of 17:05:00. This year marked the 20th anniversary of the fun run, which takes place at the Joint Statistical Meetings.
Section Lauds Award Winners
The Statistics in Epidemiology section congratulates the winners of the Young Investigator Award and student travel awards.
Two Named ‘Significant’ Winners
Richard A. Forshee and Mark O. Walderhaug, both of the FDA, were recently named winners of the “Statistical Significance” poster competition, a unique contest conducted by the ASA Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee during this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings in Washington, DC.
Project Competition Sees 47% Increase in Entries
The Southern California Chapter held its fourth annual Project Competition for AP Statistics Students on May 30 at the City of Hope Cancer Center in Duarte, California. The competition attracted 47 teams from seven schools—a 47% increase in entries from last year.