What is the Statistics Competition?

The Statistics Competition is a competition organized by the Statistical Service of Cyprus, the Department of Secondary General Education of the Ministry of Education and Culture, the University of Cyprus and the Cyprus Statistical Society, with the aim to promote statistical literacy, curiosity and interest in official statistics among students and teachers. It is a part of the European Statistics Competition organized by volunteering NSIs and Eurostat.

The main objectives of the competition are to promote curiosity and interest in statistics among students, to encourage teachers to use new materials for teaching statistics by promoting the use of real data provided by official statistics and search for applications of acquired statistical knowledge. Moreover, it aims to show the role of statistics to students and teachers in various aspects of society, and to promote teamwork and collaboration among students to achieve common goals.

The competition will be structured in two phases: a national competition organized by the national authorities and the European final organized by Eurostat. The winners of the national competition of each country are eligible to take part in the European final. The language of the national competition will be the Greek language while the European final will be in English.

The national competition will take place during the period October 2018 – March 2019 and the European final between April and May of 2019.

National phase - Final Results

National Phase – First Assignment: Results, Answers

Previous editions of the competition:

Statistics Competition 2017-2018