The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education is happy to
announce our 82nd 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 March 31 are at
https://www.causeweb.org/cause/caption-contest/march/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.
Enjoy.
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February Results:
The February caption contest cartoon is shown here. The judges found the winning caption
to be "Don't worry. Normally the cannon is right on target ... give or take a
standard deviation or two," written by Laurie Baker at the College of the Atlantic.
Laurie's caption can be used to introduce ideas of the bias (degree of being on
target) and reliability (degree of deviation) of estimators. An honorable mention this
month goes to Larry Lesser from The University of Texas at El Paso for the caption;
"The can(n)ons of statistical science include testability and empiricism."
Larry's caption focuses on these general canons for scientific research that apply
deeply to statistics.
Thanks to everyone who submitted a caption and congratulations to our winners!