The Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee (SPAAC) invites all JSM 2020 poster contributors to compete for a policy applications prize in its fifth Statistical Significance competition. A prize of $300 is awarded to the top entry.
A JSM Statistical Significance poster entry is a one-page illustration of the value of statistics to society whose objective is to illustrate to a lay person how the statistical solution to the problem presented in the poster would help form decisions that improve society in specific areas such as health, agriculture, economy, education, manufacturing, and medicine. The entry should be clearly written to convey the beneficial role of statistics in a concise and unambiguous manner. The most effective Statistical Significance pieces are easy to develop, simple in exposition, enlightening, and fun to read.
Contest participants must include a one-page Statistical Significance piece with their poster presentation at JSM. Both the scientific merit of the poster and the Statistical Significance piece will be judged.
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