The winners of the Estonian phase of the European Statistics Competition announced
The winner in the older age group was team Radiaator, supervised by Kerli Orav-Puurand, from Hugo Treffneri Gümnaasium, and the winner in the younger age group was team Auleobak, supervised by Jelena Ait, from Tallinna Tõnismäe Reaalkool.
The winning team and the team with the second best final score in both age groups will be eligible to participate in the European phase of the competition, where their assignment will be to make a short video explaining a statistical concept or topic provided by the organisers.
Under the guidance of the European Union statistical office Eurostat, the European Statistics Competition for students is organised in the academic year 2018/2019 in 15 European countries. Students in basic schools, secondary schools and vocational schools are participating in two age groups. Estonia participated in the competition for the first time.
The Estonian phase of the European Statistics Competition comprised two assignments. The first assignment was to complete three web-based tests, and the teams that qualified for the second assignment prepared a statistical research presentation.
184 teams with over 470 students from 50 educational institutions registered for the Estonian phase of the competition. In the older age group (approx. 16–18-year-olds), 84 teams entered to complete the web tests of the first assignment, and in the younger age group (approx. 14–16-year-olds), there were 100 such teams.
35 teams in the older age group and 40 teams in the younger age group moved on to the second assignment. Of them, 27 and 32 teams, respectively, submitted a research presentation.
The Estonian national phase of the competition took place January–March 2019. The European phase will take place in April–May.
See the final results of the Estonian phase of the competition (only in Estonian).
The objective of the European Statistics Competition is to promote curiosity and interest in statistics among students, encourage teachers to use new materials for teaching statistics as well as promote statistical literacy and show the role of statistics in the society.
The Estonian phase of the competition was organised by Statistics Estonia, the Ministry of Education and Research, SA Innove and the University of Tartu.
More information about the competition is available at the website of Statistics Estonia (only in Estonian).
