External resources

Most libraries (including school libraries) have books about the statistics you may need for your Project; books about means, medians, standard deviations, histograms, barcharts, scatterplots etc.

A number of websites can also give assistance:

• American Statistical Association's Poster and Project Competition
• Institute of Statistics and Decision Sciences, Duke University
• Statistics every writer should know
• Electronic Statistics Textbook
• HyperStat Online Textbook.

Glossary of terms

There may be some statistical words used that you do not understand. The following glossaries may assist with statistical terms:

• statistics glossary
• a statistical glossary from the electronic textbook STATSOFT.

Jobs in statistics

There is great demand for statisticians within Australia and overseas. A career in statistics can take you from the traditional area of survey design to the cutting-edge field of forensic science. Further information on a career in statistics can be found at http://www.statsci.org/careers.html 

Help with the Schools Statistics Project Competition

Further assistance with this Competition is available from the relevant state / territory contacts.