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!
A Statistician can make heads or tails of anything!
6 variables and 5 dummies
I just realized that I forgot my key
Big Data! Small data! Find all your data driven needs at The Data Store.
Sports disputes settled by saber-metrics
I guess that's what they call deep learning!
If there is no gold standard, try data mining
With the 2020 Olympic athletes sidelined by the pandemic, the statistical community takes center stage in modeling and vaccine research.
With CV around 2, Zoom meetings have high variation!
While humans often misrepresent data on graphs, statisfishians are known for their proper scaling.
Without proper context, statistics would be nothing more than numbers in a vacuum.
Split-plot designs are important in the field
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January 2020 - A Statistician can make heads or tails of anything!
Winners: Douglas VanDerwerken and Jenny Shook -
February 2020 - 6 variables and 5 dummies
Winners: Dominic Matriccino and Jennifer Ann Morrow -
March 2020 - I just realized that I forgot my key
Winners: Jason Hu, Eric Vance, and Mickey Dunlap -
April 2020 - Big Data! Small data! Find all your data driven needs at The Data Store
Winners: Eric Vance and Jason Hu -
May 2020 - Sports disputes settled by saber-metrics
Winners: Larry Lesser, Alan Chensen, and Ellen Considine -
June 2020 - I guess that's what they call deep learning!
Winners: Luis Rivera-Galicia and Aleka Kapatou -
July 2020 - If there is no gold standard, try data mining
Winners: Charles Eugene Smith and Jim Alloway -
August 2020 - With the 2020 Olympic athletes sidelined by the pandemic...
Winners: Jim Alloway and Avery Camac -
September 2020 - With CV around 2, Zoom meetings have high variation!
Winners: Larry Lesser, Joe Nolan, and Michael Drozin -
October 2020 - While humans often misrepresent data on graphs, statisfishians are known for their proper scaling.
Winners: Chris Lacke, Jim Alloway, and Vimal Rao -
November 2020 - Without proper context, statistics would be nothing more than numbers in a vacuum.
Winners: Chris Lacke and Jeremy Case -
December 2020 - Split-plot designs are important in the field
Winners: Larry Lesser and John McSweeny