Selected winners 2007

Senior Secondary Division

Queensland 1st prize

4-wheeler braking distance - Scots PGC Warwick, QLD

The judges liked:

• The repetition to measure natural variation
• The good statistical summaries
• The original idea
• The explanation of how the experiment was done
• The discussion

Suggestion:

• The grammar needed improving!

Queensland 2nd prize

Listen Up - Nanango SHS, QLD

The judges liked:

• The clear, original presentation
• The use of boxplots to summarize the data
• The original idea

Suggestions:

• Unfortunately, the conclusion was inconsistent with the results
• The boxplot would have made for easier comparison if they were on the same scales (that is, used the same horizontal axes)

Junior Secondary Division

Queensland 1st prize

Ads in Abundance - Nanango SHS, QLD

The judges liked:

• The original idea
• The way data was gathered
• The thorough data collection process
• The layout of the presentation

Suggestions:

• The poster was very hard to read from 2 metres

Queensland 2nd prize

Which Dept Store is cheaper? - Harristown SHS, QLD

The judges liked:

• The way the results were summarized
• The clear, easy-to-read text
• The results showing the amount of natural variation in the data

Suggestions:

• The bland presentation probably cost this poster first prize