The goal of this initiative is to build statistical and data science literacy and enhance knowledge and understanding of these fields among middle school, high school, and intermediate vocational training students in Andalusia, Ceuta, and Melilla. In this regard, it is important for our students to discover the importance and usefulness of statistics and data science in addressing real-world, multidisciplinary, and everyday problems. To this end, the Department of Statistics and Operations Research at the University of Granada (UGR) organizes the Certamen del Sur Incubadora de Sondeos y Experimentos contest each academic year.
To participate, students—with the help of a tutor or teacher—must develop and carry out a science project on a topic or question of interest that involves data. To carry out the project, students will establish working hypotheses, design a possible experiment to collect data correctly, collect the data for subsequent analysis using statistical techniques, and, finally, answer the research question. The activity is generally carried out in teams, promoting collaborative learning, creativity, and productivity. The winners of this contest will participate in the contest AVATAR, Discovering Statistics in the Land of Data organized by the Society of Statistics and Operational Research at the national level.
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For more information, visit the contest website:
https://www.incubadoradesondeos.es/