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!
Statistical solutions that take a Ph.D. to understand aren’t welcome in most places
The old factory normally poured out smoke and pollutants continuously, but the newer factory was built to be more "discrete" about its output.
Your data may be tangled, but beware that when you've wrangled, the signal isn't mangled.
Don't worry! There is a 50% probability that we won't be devoured by wolves and also a 50% chance that those bears won't eat us. Let's flip a coin to decide.......
Even in a golden age of data analysis and visualization, it is important to remember the data-generation process is often prehistoric.
In assessing whether their workout plan led to significant gains, the gym was advised to use a one-sided test
The half-baked statisticians decided to wear their regression direction output on their faces.
What we'd like vs What we get
Instead of winging it, always check the orientation of your plot before drawing conclusions!
Prior: tie. Given a dog, posterior: hare
Histograms will put wind in your sails, but density functions are a bridge to mathematical statistics.
- January 2025 - Statistical solutions that take a Ph.D. to understand aren’t welcome in most places
Winners: Jim Alloway, Larry Lesser, & Alan Chesen - February 2025 - The old factory normally poured out smoke and pollutants continuously, but the newer factory was built to be more "discrete" about its output.
Winners: Jodene Kissler, Vikram Ostrander, Taiga Sobajima - March 2025 - Your data may be tangled, but beware that when you've wrangled, the signal isn't mangled.
Winners: Jerry Nedelman, Anonymous, Nathan Shiosaki - April 2025 - Don't worry! There is a 50% probability that we won't be devoured by wolves and also a 50% chance that those bears won't eat us. Let's flip a coin to decide.......
Winners: Cigdem Sirin, Riddhi Bharani, Mickey Dunlap - May 2025 - Even in a golden age of data analysis and visualization, it is important to remember the data-generation process is often prehistoric.
Winners: Sara Colando & Jerry Nedelman - June 2025 - In assessing whether their workout plan led to significant gains, the gym was advised to use a one-sided test
Winners: Steve Wang, Nayab Ali, Chantelle Estabillo, & Anonymous - July 2025 - The half-baked statisticians decided to wear their regression direction output on their faces.
Winners: Rosie Ching & Anonymous - August 2025 - What we'd like vs What we get
Winners: Louis Rocconi, Julie Skokan, & Erin Franke - September 2025 - Instead of winging it, always check the orientation of your plot before drawing conclusions!
Winners: Erin Franke, Sara Colando, Laila Poisson, Larry Lesser, & Michael Posner - October 2025 - Prior: tie. Given a dog, posterior: hare
Winners: Jiaming Tao, Erin Franke - November 2025 - Histograms will put wind in your sails, but density functions are a bridge to mathematical statistics.
Winners: Jerry Nedelman, Charlie Smith, & Larry Lesser - December 2025 - When a masterpiece comes with a confidence interval, you know it's significant!
Winners: Louis Raccoon, Victor Chongchua, & Sara Colando