The CAUSE Cartoon Caption Contest for October is now taking entries The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education is happy to announce our 29th Cartoon Caption Contest (that’s right – more than two years now). Each month a cartoon, drawn by British cartoonist John Landers, will be posted for you and your students to suggest statistical captions. Note that the cartoons are posted at the beginning of the month month and submissions are due at the end of the month regardless of when the winners are announced. Student entries are always welcome and this can be a fun exercise to assign to your class. The next cartoon and the entry rules for the contest ending October 31st are at https://www.causeweb.org/cause/caption-contest/october/2018/submissions The best captions will be posted on CAUSEweb and the winner(s) will receive their choice of a coffee mug or t-shirt imprinted with the cartoon. Enjoy. September Results: The September caption contest had 20 entries and featured a cartoon with two people eating at a fine-dining restaurant. When the server reveals the food on a silver platter, it turns out to be a statistics book! The winning caption for the September contest was “A bit difficult to fully digest, but very nutritional and packed with vitamins α, p-hat, x-bar, and especially mu and sigma!,” written by Greg Baugher from Mercer University. The caption was designed to build positive attitudes towards statistics in general and introduce some key notation. An honorable mention this month goes to Jeremy Case from Taylor University for his submission: “While the restaurant does not list its prices, it does provide help in estimating them,” which, like another submitted caption by an anonymous entrant (“After ordering "something experimental," they were asked to design their own”), can be used to illustrate the value of statistics in designing and analyzing studies. A final honorable mention goes to Greg Snow at Brigham Young University for his caption “People who only consume statistics don't appreciate them like those who learn to produce statistics,” that can help to initiate a conversation about the different needs of people who consume and people who produce data. Thanks to everyone who submitted a caption and remember to let your students know about the CAUSE caption contest! ________________________________