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 2018 Flyer (PDF 1,322KB)

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;
• 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 1999 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 26th January 2018 or your posters are received in the CSO after 12:00 noon on 23rd March 2018,  those posters will not be eligible for inclusion in the competition

Phases of the competition:

National competition

• Registration by teacher by 26th January 2018 to johnhooper2018@cso.ie
• Posters to be submitted by 12 noon 23rd March 2018 to johnhooper2018@cso.ie.
• Posters will be judged by the national organising committee.
• The winning national posters will be announced on 27th April 2018.
• 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 26th 2018 - Closing date for registration.
• March 23rd 2018 - Closing date for entry submissions.
• April 27th 2018 - Winners announced.

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 year's winners of the John Hooper Medal for Statistics - Poster Competition 2017

See: John Hooper Medal for Statistics Results 2017

Or Contact:

johnhooper2018@cso.ie

CSO John Hooper Medal coordinator

Databank and Dissemination

Central Statistics Office

Skehard Road

Cork

information@cso.ie

Tel: 021 453 5021