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The 2015 American Statistical Association's Annual Poster Competition:
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Statistical poster competition for grades K - 12
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Students prepare a poster summarizing a data analysis project
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National competition with regional winning posters forwarded to ASA
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Volunteer judges evaluate, score ~ 150+ posters to determine winners
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Judging based solely upon examination of poster - no interviews
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Winners announced in ASA's Amstat News magazine and online
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Judges meet at a single location on one day to do judging
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Discover Financial Services in Phoenix will host the judging on Friday, May 15, 2015
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Rodney Jee of Discover Financial Services is coordinator and main contact for the judging (RodneyJee@discover.com, 623-643-2199)
The ASA needs chapter members to serve as judges for the event:
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Requirements for a judge: knowledge of basic statistics, data analysis, and statistical graphics
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Time commitment: minimum of 2 hours at location between 8:30am - 5:30pm
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Location: Discover Financial Services
2402 W Beardsley Road, Phoenix (at I-17 & 101 Frwy)
Entrance gate off 23rd Avenue just north of Beardsley Road
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Judges will receive instructions at the competition on using the scoring rubric before beginning
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Judges can expect to evaluate and score at least 12 to 18 posters
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Judges must register for a time slot with Rodney Jee by April 22; you will need a picture ID to enter the Discover building
More details about the ASA competitions can be found at the following ASA link:
http://www.amstat.org/education/posterprojects/index.cfm
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Henry Zhang
Vice President/ASA AZ Chapter
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