The goal of the John Hooper competition is to improve students' abilities to describe, explore and investigate their environment using statistics. This national competition is open to teams of 2 to 3 students, up to 18 years old and is named in honour of John Hooper BA* (1878 - 1930). The competition was first launched eleven years ago to mark the first World Statistics Day in 2010.
2021 Competition Winners
The winners of the 2021 competition were Alp Tarim and Leonard Wloch, Bandon Grammar School, Co. Cork, who were awarded the John Hooper Medal for Statistics for their poster “A Regression Based Long-Range Forecasting Model for Ireland’s Electricity Consumption”.
This team also represented Ireland in the senior category in the European Statistics Competition 2021 and was placed 5th out of 31 entries.
Below is a photo gallery of the award winners.
Winners of the John Hooper Medal for Statistics, Alp Tarim and Leonard Wloch from Bandon Grammar School, Co. Cork.
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Second prize winners, Alana O' Connor and Jessica Chen from Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.
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Third prize winners, Jess Joy and Niamh McManus from Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.
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Ian Farnan and Oscar Despard from Sandford Park School, Ranelagh, Dublin, who received an Order of Merit
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Mae Weir and Sadbh Williams from Mercy College, Sligo who received an Order of Merit.
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Molly-Jane Sweeney and Chloe Gallagher from St Joseph’s Secondary School, Tulla, Co. Clare, who received an Order of Merit.
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Caoimhe Kerin and Robyn Mele from Seamount College, Kinvara, Co. Donegal, who received an Order of Merit.
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Labhoise Foley and Samantha Guinan from Moate Community School, Co. Westmeath, who received an Order of Merit
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Isabella Watts and Hiba Shahzad from Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, who received an Order of Merit.
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Luke Turner, Ian Lynam (and Padraic O' Carroll, not pictured) from St. Peter’s College Secondary School, Wexford, who received an Order of Merit
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Adriana Ciot, Lily Anderson and Preethigaa Kumaresan from Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, who received an Order of Merit
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Kate Fensom (and Hannah Mc Donald, not pictured) from Loreto College, Foxrock, Co. Dublin, who received an Order of Merit.
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Patrice McGowan (and Caitlin McLaughlin, not pictured) from Scoil Mhuire Secondary School, Buncrana, Co. Donegal, who received an Order of Merit.
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Katelyn Doherty and Rory Coleman from Scoil Mhuire Secondary School, Buncrana, Co. Donegal, who received an Order of Merit.
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