The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education is happy to
announce our 88th 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 - a great activity for the start of the
new term.
The next cartoon and the entry rules for the contest ending September 30 are at
https://www.causeweb.org/cause/caption-contest/september/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.
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Enjoy.
August Results:
The August caption contest cartoon is shown above. The judges found the winning caption to
be “A recess? Apologies, your honor. I thought you called for a regress.!” submitted by
Javier Lopez, a student at Penn State University. Javier’s caption is a funny way to
start a conversation about the difference between a regression fit and a line plot and the
type of data involved. An honorable mention this month goes to John Bailer from Miami
University for his caption: “Wipe off that silly grin. Without scales and labels, the jury
can't evaluate your graphical evidence,” that can be used to remind students of the
importance of scales and labels in understanding the relationships shown in a graph.
Thanks to everyone who submitted a caption and congratulations to our winners!