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Further Reading

  • Fygenson, M. (2008) Modeling and predicting extrapolated probabilities with outlooks. Statistica Sinica 18(2008):9–90, with discussion.

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  • Tufte, E. R. (1997) Visual explanations. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press.

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  1. Jürgen Symanzik
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On page 28 of the Fall 2009 CHANCE (vol. 22, no. 4), Jürgen Symanzik proposed a graphics and communication contest concerning 10 data values. The winning entry is by UCLA PhD student Stephanie Kovalchik, who presented her solution using an entertaining letter from a friendly statistical sleuth. An entry by Bradley Thiessen, associate professor of mathematics at St. Ambrose University, earned honorable mention. Thiessen incorporated temperature at liftoff and additional facts into his graph. Further reading on statistical approaches to studying the shuttle disaster can be found in volume 18 of Statistica Sinica.

Thanks to all who entered the contest. If you have suggestions for future contests, please email me, CHANCE editor, at mlarsen@bsc.gwu.edu. — Michael D. Larsen

Stephanie Kovalchik completed her bachelor’s in biology and literature at Caltech. After graduation, she entered UCLA’s biostatistics program, where she attained an master’s and is currently in her third year as a doctoral student. With the support of a UCLA Biostatistics AIDS training grant, she is working with her adviser, William Cumberland, to develop methods for meta-analyses of time-to-event outcomes.

Brad Thiessen is director of institutional research and strategic planning at Touro University California in Vallejo, California, and an associate professor of mathematics at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. He earned his PhD in educational measurement and statistics from the University of Iowa.

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Symanzik, J., Kovalchik, S. & Thiessen, B. Results of “a real challenger of a puzzle” graphics contest. CHANCE 23, 25–27 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00144-010-0019-9

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