Outreach & Initiatives

Hands-On Statistics Activity Competition

ASA Congratulates the Winners!

• Grand Prize ($750 plus trip for two to DC): Ellen Gundlach, Purdue University, for her project, Paper Airplane Design and Testing
• Gold Medal Prizes ($500 each):
• Ashley Petersen and Bryant Torkelson, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN: Linear Regression through Marble Race Machine and Color Change in Liquids Experiment
• Kathleen Nirei and Jim Rubasch, 'Iolani School, Honolulu, HI: Learning Normal Distribution through Frisbee Throw and Tennis Ball Drop
• Honorable Mentions:
• Ivo Dinov and Nicolas Christou, UCLA, Motion Charts Case Study of California Ozone Pollution
• Tom Filloon, William Brenneman, Michael Joner and William Myers, Proctor and Gamble, The Games People Play: Activities Exploring Conditional Probability, Estimation of Unknown, the Normal Distribution and the Probability of Consecutive Infrequent Events
• Chamont Wang and Michele Meisner, College of New Jersey, Meiyi Zheng, University of Michigan, Dynamic Data Visualization in Storm Tracking, Fraud Detection, High School Graduation Rates and Student Exams

Link to Rules and Guidance

Contact the following with any questions:

Director of Science Policy Steve Pierson: pierson@amstat.org; 703.302.1841

K-16 Education Manager Rebecca Nichols: Rebecca@amstat.org; 703.302.1877

Education Programs Associate Rick Peterson: rick@amstat.org; 703.302.1864