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!
The Elevator Paradox has its ups and downs.
Paleontologists finally discover the origin of using a 5% level of significance.
Let's see what The Wheel of Non-Causal Relationships comes up with this month for strongest predictor of disease X.
With only a limited number of helicopters, search and rescue had to randomly sample from a 'pool' of subjects.
Better to stratify and not need it, than to not stratify and need it.
An insider's view of a matched pairs design.
Dare to dive deep into the number-pool, navigate with Statistics, and come out refreshed with meaningful inference!
Queued for food, the customers failed to grasp expected average waiting time.
Charts not starting at 0 make doctors lose patience!
Since Joe was the only one to do a power analysis before starting, he was the only one with the size necessary to get the desired effect.
We were unable to reach significance due to insufficient power.
Beggars can’t be choosers if they pick at random.
- January 2017 - The Elevator Paradox has its ups and downs
Winners: Larry Lesser, Robert Garrett, and an anonymous author. - February 2017 - Paleontologists finally discover the origin of using a...
Winners: Mickey Dunlap and Michael Via. - March 2017 - Let's see what The Wheel of Non-Causal Relationships...
Winners: Michael Posner, Michele Balik-Meisner, Mickey Dunlap, and Larry Lesser. - April 2017 - With only a limited number of helicopters, search and...
Winners: Mickey Dunlap, Larry Lesser, Chris Lacke, and Aaron Profitt. - May 2017 - Better to stratify and not need it...
Winners: Jim Alloway, Larry Lesser, and John Bailer. - June 2017 - An insider's view of a matched pairs design.
Winners: Larry Lesser, Sondra LoRoe, Robert Hauss, and Anikah Norton. - July 2017 - Dare to dive deep into the number-pool...
Winners: Debmalya Nandy, Larry Lesser, and Jim Alloway. - August 2017 - Queued for food, the customers failed grasp expected average...
Winners: Larry Lesser and Jim Alloway. - September 2017 - Charts not starting at 0 make doctors lose their patience.
Winners: Larry Lesser, Kyle Falbo, Anonymous User, and Chantal Larose. - October 2017 - Since Joe was the only one to do a power analysis before...
Winners: Greg Snow, Malcolm Wells, and Jim Alloway. - November 2017 - We were unable to reach significance due to insufficient power.
Winners: John Dawson, Joy Xiong, and Matt Rissler. - December 2017 - Beggars can’t be choosers if they pick at random.
Winner: Larry Lesser