[Deadline is less than one week away. Please notify students who have been assigned essays as part of their coursework! Thx.]
The Radical Statistics Group organises a Critical Essay Competition every two years. The deadline for the next one is 1 May 2006. There is still time for potential competitors to enter. Please help to publicise this opportunity.
Students may submit essays that have been part of their assessment but the competition is also open to school students, graduates and others. Past successful entries can be found on the website.
THIRD RADICAL STATISTICS CRITICAL ESSAY 2006
Speak your mind and
win a prize!
Submit an original essay (3,000 words maximum), by 1st May 2006, that addresses a current social research/policy question, with critical use and interpretation of relevant data sources.
First prize £300,
Second prize £200
in two categories of entry: Student or Open,
awarded on the basis of readability, clear presentation of statistical material, critical perspective and convincing argument.
Age and experience will taken into account by the judges:
Simon Briscoe, Statistics Editor of the Financial Times,
Len Cook, National Statistician, (2000-2005)
Professor Ruth Levitas, University of Bristol,
Professor Denise Lievesley, Health and Social Care Information Centre,
Dr. Susan Starkings, London South Bank University.
The essay awarded first prize will be featured on the Radical Statistics website and published in a special issue of 'Radical Statistics', the newsletter of Radical statistics. Judges decision will be by 1st July 2006. More detailed information can be found on the website www.radstats.org.uk.
Applications are encouraged well before deadline. Enter, by sending your essay by e mail, labelled : Radstats Critical Essay, including full name, address, age and number of years for which you have been engaged in social research, statistics, or the social sciences to [log in to unmask]
Robin Rice
Edinburgh University Data Library
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