Students and teachers please note the earlier submission date 24th February, 2017. This is because of the ISLP poster competition dates.

Goal of the competition

The goal is to improve students' abilities to describe their environment with the help of statistics and to use statistics as a tool for making sense of daily life. 

• ‌John Hooper Medal for Statistics 2017 Flyer (PDF 695KB)

Why a poster?

Taking part in this poster competition will encourage students to:

• work as a team
• investigate real questions using data
• use their calculation and graphical skills
• interpret statistical results
• to develop skills in written communication.

Theme of Poster

Posters can be about any topic students choose.

Participants

The national competition is open to teams of 2 to 3 students, up to 18 years old (born in 1998 and younger), from any part of the island of Ireland. Teachers register the teams.

Competition Rules

Please follow this link for the competition rules. Only online poster entries will be accepted. Teachers please note if your students are not registered by 27th January, 2017 or your posters are received in the CSO after 12:00 noon on 24th February, 2017,  those posters will not be eligible for inclusion in the competition.

Phases of the competition:

National competition

• Registration by teacher by 27th January 2017 to johnhooper2017@cso.ie.
• Posters to be submitted by 12 noon 24th February 2017 to johnhooper2017@cso.ie.
• Posters will be judged by the national organising committee.
• The winning national posters will be announced on 16th March 2017.
• Winners (1st place) of the national competition will be awarded the CSO John Hooper medal for statistical analysis. In addition the following prize money will be awarded:

1st Place - €1,600 (of which €1,000 is awarded to the school and €600 is awarded to the student team)

2nd Place - €1,000 (of which €650 is awarded to the school and €350 is awarded to the student team)

3rd Place - €600 (of which €400 is awarded to the school and €200 is awarded to the student team)

Important dates

• January 27th 2017 Closing date for registration.
• February 24^th 2017 Closing date for entry submissions.
• March 16th 2017 national winners announced.

How to Make a Poster

Steps in poster making 
1. Find a question
2. Collect or use existing data 
3. Review data quality
4. Analyse the data
5. Make the poster

See: How to make a poster

More Information

For information on last years winners of the John Hooper Medal for Statistics - Poster Competition 2016

See: John Hooper Medal for Statistics Results 2016

International Statistical Literacy Poster Competition 2014 - 2015 Results:

http://iase-web.org/islp/Poster_Competition_2014-2015.php?p=Prizewinners

Or Contact:

johnhooper2017@cso.ie

CSO John Hooper Medal coordinator

Databank and Dissemination

Central Statistics Office

Skehard Road

Cork

eoin.mccuirc@cso.ie

Tel: 021 453 5504