Caption Contests
Each month a panel of educators will evaluate (blind) the submitted cartoon captions based on their edutainment value for teaching statistics.
Entries are welcome from all who use or enjoy statistics, including: students, instructors, and professionals.
See past entries and ongoing contests below!
Convenience samples just take low-hanging fruit!
Don't Forget to Clean Your Dirty Data!
Points that differ from their peers are often the most interesting.
Open your eyes to catch the significant events occurring at the tails.
In the age of Information Technology, paper-and-pencil statistics are finally laid to rest.
Cornfield's conditions ruled out Simpson's paradox from a potential corn-founder.
It's always the same: just before the exam, book sales spike.
Always read the full informed consent document before signing up to be in a matched-pairs experiment.
A bit difficult to fully digest, but very nutritional and packed with vitamins α, p-hat, x-bar, and especially mu and sigma!
Before computers, random numbers had to be generated by hand.
A 'statue' of limitations depicted data analysis before the 'monumental' breakthrough of cloud computing took off!
Hmm, the pay rate of prison guards is quadratic and currently decreasing, but my probability of breaking out is increasing linearly. Maybe crime didn't pay, but statistics might!
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January 2018 - Convenience samples just take low-hanging fruit!
Winners: Larry Lesser and Joe Nolan. -
February 2018 - Don't Forget to Clean Your Dirty Data!
Winners: Jennifer Ann Morrow, Laila Poisson, and Chantal Larose. -
March 2018 - Points that differ from their peers are often the most interesting.
Winners: Jim Alloway, Joe Nolan, Charlie Smith, and Tianyi Wang -
April 2018 - Open your eyes to catch the significant events occurring at the tails.
Winners: Debmalya Nandy, Larry Lesser, Chantal Larose, and Jim Alloway -
May 2018 - In the age of IT, paper-and-pencil statistics are finally laid to rest.
Winner: Justine Leon Uro -
June 2018 - Cornfield's conditions ruled out Simpson's Paradox from a potential corn-founder.
Winners: Larry Lesser and Jim Alloway -
July 2018 - It's always the same: just before the exam, book sales spike.
Winners: Karsten Luebke, Jim Alloway, and Larry Lesser -
August 2018 - Always read the full informed consent document before...
Winners: Greg Snow and Michael Albers -
September 2018 - A bit difficult to fully digest, but very nutritional and packed with vitamins...
Winners: Greg Baugher, Jeremy Case, and Greg Snow -
October 2018 - Before computers, random numbers had to be generated by hand.
Winners: Anthony Bonifonte, Jim Alloway, Robert Wentz, and Shawn Ortonat -
November 2018 - A 'statue' of limitations depicted data analysis before the 'monumental' breakthrough...
Winners: Larry Lesser and Karsten Luebke -
December 2018 - Hmm, the pay rate of prison guards is quadratic and currently decreasing...
Winners: Greg Baugher and Larry Lesser