The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education is happy to announce our 91st Cartoon Caption Contest!  Each month a cartoon, drawn by British cartoonist John Landers, is posted for you and your students to suggest statistical captions (cartoons are posted at the beginning of the month and submissions are due at the end of the month).   The caption contest is offered as a fun way to get your students thinking independently about statistical concepts.  

The next cartoon and the entry rules for the contest ending November 30 (intended as a great activity leading into the Thanksgiving break) are at   

https://www.causeweb.org/cause/caption-contest/december/2023/submissions 

The best submission will be posted on CAUSEweb and the winner(s) will receive their choice of a coffee mug or t-shirt imprinted with the final cartoon or free registration to eCOTS2024. 

Enjoy.

November Results:   

The November caption contest cartoon is shown above. The judges found the winning caption to be “Alright kids, to recap: November is stranger safety month, stay alert and don’t be a dot on next year’s plot!” submitted by Regina Lisinker, a student  at the University of Minnesota.  Regina’s caption is intended to emphasize the identification of seasonal effects in time series plots.  Two honorable mentions this month go to Julie Skokie from The North Broward Preparatory School for her caption: “Any turkey can see the seasonal nature of the collected data!” and to retired AP teacher Jodene Kessler for her multi-pun caption “Lieutenant Tom, suspecting ‘fowl’ play in the sudden spike in poultry disappearances, decided the thyme had come for addressing the gravy danger to the team.” that also can be used to discuss seasonal effects and anomalies seen on time series plots.  

Thanks to everyone who submitted a caption and congratulations to our winners!