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Meet the Judges for Fall Data Challenge: After the Bell
October 27, 2022
The seventh annual Fall Data Challenge is underway! This year’s competition puts students’ data analysis and statistical skills to test as they explore family involvement in K-12 education. The contest is open for submissions until November 6, 2022. As the contest deadline quickly approaches, here is an introduction to the distinguished panel of statisticians who have...
Fall Data Challenge: After the Bell is Now Open!
October 17, 2022
It’s here! The 2022 Fall Data Challenge: After the Bell is now open and accepting submissions. Are you ready to dig into the data and share your recommendations to improve student performance in the classroom? Over the next three weeks, high school and undergraduate teams will investigate a dataset that shows metrics related to parent...
Fall Data Challenge: Exploring a Dataset for Beginner Statisticians
October 14, 2022
When you first start exploring datasets, they can be intimidating! You’re faced with an overwhelming set of numbers and labels, and are trying to figure out what to do first. You’re not alone–the Fall Data Challenge is one of the first true datasets many students explore. Don’t let it intimidate you! Tucked within the expanses...
“What’s Going On In This Graph?” Begins Sixth Year of Exploring Data Visualization with Students and Educators
October 07, 2022
The ability to read and assess data visualizations is an increasingly important skill for today’s students. As ASA’s column in partnership with The New York Times Learning Network, “What’s Going On In This Graph?”, starts its sixth year, it continues to encourage students to think critically about what a data visualization tells them each week...
Introduction to the Dataset for Fall Data Challenge 2022
September 29, 2022
Students, get ready for this year’s Fall Data Challenge: After the Bell with this introduction to the dataset! The challenge will open for submissions on Monday, October 17 and will close Sunday, November 6 at 11:59 PM EST. Don’t wait! Gather your teammates and take your first look at the data now. Read the Overview...
Resources Roundup for Fall Data Challenge: After the Bell
September 22, 2022
Fall weather is quickly approaching, and so is the seventh annual Fall Data Challenge! This year’s theme, “After the Bell,” will encourage students to explore the factors that surround familial involvement in K-12 education–and through their analysis, identify powerful ways students and their loved ones can help to power their academic success. The Parent and...
Why Data Science Careers Appeal to Your Students
September 08, 2022
Job hunting can be challenging, but if your resume includes data science and statistics skills and knowledge, the opportunities are growing. Gen Z is taking notice! Glassdoor has identified “data scientist” as #3 on its list of the 50 Best Jobs in America in 2022 based on salary, job satisfaction and position openings. Additionally, Data...
Fall Data Challenge: Educator Resources
August 29, 2022
Educators, here are some tips on how to incorporate the Fall Data Challenge into your classroom and inspire your students to develop their statistics literacy: Get Your Class Involved Offer the Fall Data Challenge as extra credit or as a class assignment Volunteer to help students form teams, and/or to sponsor teams Offer your classroom (or...
Entertaining Statistics Books for Your Summer Reading List
June 17, 2022
You have finally made it to summer! Whether you are enjoying a quiet break from school or heading out on a well-deserved holiday, there is no better time to pick up a book. If thinking about statistics reading gives you flashes of giant textbooks, you’re not alone. But in fact, there are many books about...
Educators Share How They Utilize Contests in the Classroom
May 09, 2022
Each year, This is Statistics hosts student contests during both the spring and fall semesters. We receive hundreds of submissions from creative and statistically minded students across the globe for each! But these students aren’t working in isolation. Behind most submissions, there is an educator encouraging students and utilizing the contests in lesson plans, as...